Tom's Kitchen

Tom’s Kitchen is a unique collection of restaurants, delis and bars, founded by award-winning chef Tom Aikens Offering a comfortable environment and focusing on outstanding food, drink and service, Tom's Kitchen can be found across central London, in addition to outposts in Birmingham and Istanbul. Focusing on comforting classics and seasonal specials, Tom's Kitchen's use the…

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This brasserielike restaurant, opened in November, is the latest project from Tom Aikens (below right, with his twin brother, Rob), the chef whose Michelin-starred establishment — the aptly named Tom Aikens Restaurant — is just a few blocks away.

In Tom's Kitchen, Mr. Aikens has created a space that is both minimalist and rich in atmosphere.

And dinner, with dishes like “7-Hour Confit Shoulder of Lamb with Onions and Balsamic Vinegar for two” (£28.50 pounds ), seems to attract the same people who might have once paid much more for a dinner at Mr. Aikens's more established restaurant.

But neither Mr. Aikens nor Mr. Ramsay seems worried that their new places will cannibalize their old ones.

Coming from Mr. Aikens is Tom's Place, an upscale fish and chips restaurant scheduled to open in September.

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After eating at Tom’s Kitchen, it’s not hard to see how this gem is now celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their first restaurant in Chelsea.

Of course, I was courteous and swapped bites of my steak with my date’s Pan Fried Duck Breast, which was equally tasty, if not better.

The whole scene was friendly and comforting, and as the night went on, the restaurant filled up with chatter.

We finished the night with desserts, the Wild Berry Posset for myself and the Chocolate Millionaire Shortbread for my date.

Overall, the vibe at Tom’s Kitchen was friendly, relaxed and inviting – had this been a first date, I wouldn’t have thought twice about being nervous or formal here.

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Tom’s Kitchen is the casual sister of Tom Aikens flagship restaurant, located in the next street.

The salad had rocket, green beans, capers, olives, Charlotte potatoes, a crisp with tapenade and good quality boiled egg (easily 14/20).

Chicken schnitzel (£19) was very good, crisp on the outside, cooked through well and served with a good sauce made from roasted tomatoes, red peppers and pine nuts (easily 14/20).

For dessert sherry trifle restored the meal to a good level, with nice sponge, well-made custard and red fruit, though I could have done without the little ball-bearing like edible silver cake decorations (14/20).

These were actually made on the premises (by the same chef who prepares the bread for the main Tom Aiken restaurant).

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Even so, the one I committed at some restaurant awards a few years ago makes it into the top five, all-time shockers.

Having been introduced to a very shy young chef called Tom Aikens, and convinced that the moment needed leavening, I facetiously asked if he was one of those chefs who likes to whack his kitchen staff with a frying pan or whether he prefers to brand them instead.

Even so, there was enough evidence to see that a formula of decently priced, huge-flavoured, brasserie-style Anglo-French dishes with Italian and American influences (pastas and burgers), served by smiley, hip young staff in an uncluttered room (a few food photographs above a long marble bar and glass panes in the floor to give a view over a wine- and cheese-tasting room below), will be a triumph.

It was possibly the finest single dish I've tasted in two years, the red-winey richness and incredible tenderness of the meat, accompanied by shallots and delicately laced with balsamic vinegar, verged on the indecent.

We've known for a while that Tom Aikens, who is about to add to the menu a range of casseroles brought to the table in metal pots with ladles (can you imagine anything more alluring in deep winter?)

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