Mike Reid (born 15 August 1982), is a British chef known as a co-host of two Australian cooking television series, '' My Market Kitchen'' and ''TEN’s Ten Minute Kitchen''. In March 2020, Reid starred alongside other notable chefs at the popular BBC cooking show, '' Ready Steady Cook".

Career

After graduating from the

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, Reid moved to

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, where he began his career as a chef. He worked as an apprenticeship at '' The In & Out club'' in

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and later worked in the kitchens of the Royal Air Force Club. He worked in

Le Gavroche Le Gavroche (''The Urchin'') is a restaurant at 43 Upper Brook Street in Mayfair, London. It was opened in 1967 by Michel and Albert Roux at 61 Lower Sloane Street, its premises until 1981. Albert's son Michel Roux Jr is the current chef patron ...

and

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under the tutelage of notable chefs such as

Michel Roux Jr Michel Albert Roux (born 23 May 1960) previously known as Michel Roux Jr., is an English-French two Michelin starred chef. He owns the London restaurant ''Le Gavroche.'' Early life Roux was born at Pembury maternity hospital in Kent, whilst his ...

Simone Zanoni Simone Zanoni (born 25 June 1976) is an Italian chef. He is the chef at the ''George'', one of the three restaurants of the Four Seasons Hotel George V, one star at the Michelin guide. He was before a chef at the restaurants of Gordon Ramsay, two ...

and Mr. Ramsay. In 2007, Reid joined the team at Gaucho restaurants and later became the Head Chef there. He managed both the Richmond and O2 sites before he was promoted to the topmost position for the entire Gaucho Group. In 2013, Reid left London and moved to

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

where he worked in

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alongside the celebrity chef

Ben Shewry Ben Shewry (born 1977) is a New Zealand chef and owner of Attica restaurant in Melbourne. Early life Shewry is a Melbourne, Australia-based chef who grew up on the North Island of New Zealand in the North Taranaki town of Waitara. His food is ...

. He also worked in Andrew McConnell’s ''2 Hat restaurant Cutler and Co''. In 2014, Reid worked with celebrity chef

Shannon Bennett Shannon Bennett (born 23 November 1975) is an Australian chef and author. He is best known as the head chef of restaurant Vue de Monde at Melbourne's Rialto Tower. Bennett currently serves as the creative director at the restaurant and its pare ...

and his ''Vue de Monde'' Group to open ''Jardin Tan''. In 2014, he returned to the United Kingdom and opened a restaurant in London tagged ''M''. In 2015, he opened the second ''M restaurant'' in Victoria Street. Reid wrote his first cookbook titled ''M a 24 Hour Cookbook'' which was published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishers. In 2016, he started appearing on

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's '' Sunday Brunch'' live TV show as guest chef. He also appeared on the BBC '' Great British Menu'' representing the London and South East region against the countries best chefs. He featured on '' Master chef'' on

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and ''Tricks of the Restaurant Trade'' on C4. In 2017, Reid opened the third ''M restaurant'' in

Twickenham Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England. It is situated on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965, and the boroug ...

. In 2019, he started overseeing the newly formed ''Rare Restaurants'' which encompasses both ''Gaucho'' and ''M Restaurants''. Reid features as a guest alongside James Martin on Saturday’s ''Kitchen in the UK'', and Justine Schofield on '' Everyday Gourmet'', and

Diana Chan Diana Chan (born 1988) is a Malaysian-born Australian cook. She is the winner of ''MasterChef Australia'' for 2017, having defeated Ben Ungermann by one point in the grand finale. Early life Chan was raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, where sh ...

on ''Asia Unplated'' in Australia.

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External links

M Restaurant website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Mike Living people Australian television chefs English television chefs Alumni of the University of Portsmouth Australian television talk show hosts British television talk show hosts 1982 births

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