Tom Kerridge on his new book, growing up with Birds Eye and why chef’s have a ‘huge responsibility’
Tom Kerridge is keenly aware of the “huge responsibility” he has as a chef.
Not just delivering a cracking meal to diners, but paying proper respect to the people who came before him in the long process of getting food to the table.
“As a chef, you’re the person that takes care of the end result. If someone has taken ages to produce and grow carrots and beetroot, or whether it’s animal husbandry, free-range chickens, cattle farming – all of that takes a huge amount of time and focus,” Kerridge muses.
“When you become a chef, you realise that you become the last touch point between
