London chef Thomas Straker is used to going viral, usually for his butter videos that amass millions of views on TikTok. Last month, though, he was in the spotlight for an interview with the Standard’s David Ellis — the first one he’d granted since he posted a photo of his all-white, all-male chef team that sparked a diversity row back in July.
“Suddenly, I’m getting ripped in half by every paper – not because I’ve been bullying my staff or anything like that, just ‘cause I put a picture of them up,” he told The Standard. “In the world of, like, ‘everyone’s so worried about everyone’s mental health’, where was the worry for me when I’m just being lambasted by the press?”
