Mike Reid (chef)

Mike Reid (born 15 August 1982), is a British chef known as a co-host of two Australian cooking television series, My Market Kitchen[1] and Ten Minute Kitchen.[2] He is also staring as a judge on Five Star Kitchen on Channel 4 in the UK and Netflix globally.

Mike Reid
Born (1982-08-15) 15 August 1982
NationalityBritish
OccupationChef
Known forCo-host of My Market Kitchen and Ten Minute Kitchen
Websitehttps://mikereidchef.com/

In March 2020, Reid starred alongside other notable chefs at the popular BBC cooking show, Ready Steady Cook".[3][4]

Career

After graduating from the University of Portsmouth, Reid moved to London, where he began his career as a chef.[5] He worked as an apprenticeship at The In & Out club in St James's and later worked in the kitchens of the Royal Air Force Club.[5] He worked in Le Gavroche and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay under the tutelage of notable chefs such as Michel Roux Jr, Simone Zanoni and Gordon Ramsay.[5]

In 2007, Reid joined the team at Gaucho restaurants and later became the head chef there.[6] He managed both the Richmond and O2 sites before he was promoted to the topmost position for the entire Gaucho Group.[6]

In 2013, Reid left London and moved to Melbourne where he worked in Attica alongside the celebrity chef Ben Shewry.[7] He also worked in Andrew McConnell’s 2 Hat restaurant Cutler and Co.[7] In 2014, Reid worked with celebrity chef Shannon Bennett and his Vue de Monde group to open Jardin Tan.[8] In 2014, he returned to the United Kingdom and opened a restaurant in London tagged M.[8] In 2015, he opened the second M restaurant in Victoria Street.[9]

Reid wrote his first cookbook titled M a 24 Hour Cookbook which was published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing.[10] In 2016, he started appearing on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch live TV show as guest chef.[11] He also appeared on the BBC Great British Menu representing the London and South East region against the countries best chefs.[12] He featured on Master chef on BBC One and Tricks of the Restaurant Trade on Channel 4.[13]

In 2017, Reid opened the third M restaurant in Twickenham.[14] In 2019, he started overseeing the newly formed Rare Restaurants which encompasses both Gaucho and M restaurants.[14]

Reid features as a guest alongside James Martin on Saturday’s Kitchen in the UK, and Justine Schofield on Everyday Gourmet, and Diana Chan on Asia Unplated in Australia.[15]

References
  1. "Mike Reid Recipes". mymarketkitchen.tv. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. "10 Minute Kitchen". 10minutekitchen.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  3. "Mike Reid". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. Jenn Selby (2 February 2020). "Ready Steady Cook: when Rylan Clark Neal's reboot is on BBC One today, and how the cooking show works". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. "Great British Menu". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. Sophie Witts (6 November 2019). "Gaucho unveils new creative direction for restaurants". bighospitality.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. Liam Garrahan (23 September 2015). "Mike Reid". bighospitality.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  8. Neil Gerrard (23 September 2015). "Chef Michael Reid takes full-time position at M". thecaterer.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. Liam Garrahan (8 December 2015). "M Restaurants Victoria Street Opens Six Months Early". bighospitality.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  10. "M: A 24 hour cookbook". bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  11. "M Restaurant's Mike Reid to make Sunday Brunch debut on Channel 4". hospitalityandcateringnews.com. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  12. "Meet the Great British Menu 2017 chefs from London/South East". thestaffcanteen.com. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  13. Amar Mehta (1 October 2018). "M Bar and Grill in Twickenham continues to grow". richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  14. Dee Laffan (2 January 2018). "Mike Reid on why M is the magic letter". restaurant.opentable.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  15. Janie Manzoori-Stamford (3 November 2017). "This much I know: Michael Reid". thecaterer.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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