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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Aikens (born 1970) is an English chef.Aikens was born in Norwich in 1970 into a family of wine merchants. The Aikens family had a converted barn in the Auvergne region of France where the chef would spend his early summers. The Aikens' family regularly traveled around France where he was exposed to fine regional cuisine.Aikens started his cooking career as a commis chef at the Mirabelle in Eastbourne. He continued his career as a commis chef at the Cavalier's with David Cavalier.ikens moved to London's Capital Hotel under Michelin-starred head chef Philip Britten as a commis chef. Aikens was working as chef de partie at Pierre Koffmann's La Tante Claire in London when the restaurant won its third Michelin star before becoming sous chef at Pied a Terre in 1993 under Richard Neat.Aikens left London to work under Joel Robuchon in Paris and Gerard Boyer in Reims before returning to Pied a Terre as head chef in 1996, where he held onto the two Michelin stars earned by his predecessor, Richard Neat. In doing so, he became the youngest British chef to be awarded two Michelin stars.

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