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 Minute Kitchen''. He is also starring as a judge on ''Five Star Kitchen'' on

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in the UK and

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globally. In March 2020, Reid starred alongside other notable chefs at the popular BBC cooking show, ''

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''.

Career

After graduating from the

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, Reid moved to London, 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

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. He worked in

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and

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under the tutelage of notable chefs such as

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, Simone Zanoni and

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. In 2007, Reid joined the team at Gaucho restaurants and later became the head chef there. He managed both the

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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 where he worked in

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

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and his

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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

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. In 2016, he started appearing on

's ''

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'' live TV show as guest chef. He also appeared on the BBC ''

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'' 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 Channel 4. In 2017, Reid opened the third M restaurant in

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. 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

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on ''Asia Unplated'' in Australia.

References

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