Tom Lewis is a Scottish
chef
A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...
at the Monachyle Mhor Hotel in
Perthshire
Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, ...
.
He started his career as a chef in 1995, inspired by well-known chef
Nico Ladenis, whom he heard enthusing about food on
Desert Island Discs
''Desert Island Discs'' is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942.
Each week a guest, called a " castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usu ...
, and David Wilson of the Peat Inn. By the end of 1996, the Monachyle Mhor Hotel had won its first
AA Rosette, which has been renewed every year since. Subsequent awards for the chef and hotel restaurant include the
Booker Prize Industry Award in 2003, and an
Egon Ronay Guide Award in 2005.
Tom Lewis was defeated by
Nick Nairn
Nick Nairn (born 12 January 1959) is a Scottish celebrity chef. He became the youngest Scottish chef to win a Michelin star in the early 1990s.
Early life
Nairn was born in Stirling in January 1959 and grew up in the village of Port of Ment ...
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