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Tom Aikens (restaurant)
51°29′30″N 0°10′04″W / 51.4916°N 0.167727°W
Tom Aikens was a London Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant operated by the eponymous chef from April 2003 opening to January 2014 closure. The restaurant received mostly positive critical reception.
Tom Aikens, appointed head chef of a London restaurant Pied à Terre in May 1996 and then its chef patron, was involved in a December 1999 incident where a young chef was injured with a hot knife. Aikens left Pied à Terre one week later. Since his departure from Pied à Terre, Aikens worked for Pierre Koffman again at La Tante Claire of The Berkeley hotel for nine months and then as a private chef for rich clients.
In April 2003, Aikens opened his 60-seater eponymous restaurant at 43 Elystan Street, Chelsea, SW3, a former site of a pub Marlborough Arms, with his then-wife and co-owner Laura Vanninen. In January 2004, Aikens's eponymous restaurant received four rosettes from AA plc and then its first Michelin star.
In October 2004, a businesswoman Sarah Roe and her husband Rupert paid £536 (equivalent to £967 in 2025) for the meal after entertaining her clients. As the Roes and her clients were leaving the restaurant, Aikens blocked the doorway and accused her of stealing one of his £16 (equivalent to £29 in 2025) custom-made silver teaspoons. A waiter found the spoon on a nearby table. Aikens still accused Roe, prompting her to boycott Aikens's restaurants. Prior to the incident, nine such spoons had been stolen within at least one month. When the restaurant opened, several £50-ashtrays (equivalent to £90 in 2025) were stolen until non-smoking policy was applied a while later.
The restaurant earned its second Michelin star in January 2008.
In October 2008, Aikens's companies T&L Ltd and Tom Aikens Ltd were reported to have debts and then fallen into property administration. He sold this restaurant and his other eponymous restaurant Tom's Kitchen to TA Holdco Ltd, leaving his suppliers (many of them small businesses) with unpaid bills.
In March 2011, the Istanbul Doors Restaurant Group bought out Peter Dubens and acquired 80-percent shares of Aikens's restaurants, leaving Aikens with the remaining 20 percent.
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Tom Aikens (restaurant)
51°29′30″N 0°10′04″W / 51.4916°N 0.167727°W
Tom Aikens was a London Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant operated by the eponymous chef from April 2003 opening to January 2014 closure. The restaurant received mostly positive critical reception.
Tom Aikens, appointed head chef of a London restaurant Pied à Terre in May 1996 and then its chef patron, was involved in a December 1999 incident where a young chef was injured with a hot knife. Aikens left Pied à Terre one week later. Since his departure from Pied à Terre, Aikens worked for Pierre Koffman again at La Tante Claire of The Berkeley hotel for nine months and then as a private chef for rich clients.
In April 2003, Aikens opened his 60-seater eponymous restaurant at 43 Elystan Street, Chelsea, SW3, a former site of a pub Marlborough Arms, with his then-wife and co-owner Laura Vanninen. In January 2004, Aikens's eponymous restaurant received four rosettes from AA plc and then its first Michelin star.
In October 2004, a businesswoman Sarah Roe and her husband Rupert paid £536 (equivalent to £967 in 2025) for the meal after entertaining her clients. As the Roes and her clients were leaving the restaurant, Aikens blocked the doorway and accused her of stealing one of his £16 (equivalent to £29 in 2025) custom-made silver teaspoons. A waiter found the spoon on a nearby table. Aikens still accused Roe, prompting her to boycott Aikens's restaurants. Prior to the incident, nine such spoons had been stolen within at least one month. When the restaurant opened, several £50-ashtrays (equivalent to £90 in 2025) were stolen until non-smoking policy was applied a while later.
The restaurant earned its second Michelin star in January 2008.
In October 2008, Aikens's companies T&L Ltd and Tom Aikens Ltd were reported to have debts and then fallen into property administration. He sold this restaurant and his other eponymous restaurant Tom's Kitchen to TA Holdco Ltd, leaving his suppliers (many of them small businesses) with unpaid bills.
In March 2011, the Istanbul Doors Restaurant Group bought out Peter Dubens and acquired 80-percent shares of Aikens's restaurants, leaving Aikens with the remaining 20 percent.