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MYSTERIOUS: Thomas straker - What They Never Told You

Tart by Slutty Cheff: A deliciously indiscreet memoir

The anonymous social media star’s debut reveals a woman’s most daunting and exuberant quality: her appetite

Evening Standard

Food You Want to Eat review: Bad boy chef Thomas Straker turns over a delicious new leaf

Straker offers a collection that might never let you down, says David Ellis

Evening Standard

Thomas Straker: celebrity chef announces new cold bar concept after fire at Notting Hill restaurant

Straker’s has become one of London’s most high-profile restaurants

Evening Standard

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The new foodie rules: bring me a bottle of olive oil, and for God’s sake don’t follow a recipe

As a Waitrose report reveals that high-end, beautifully packaged groceries are the must-have gift, a food-lover heartily applauds the new trend

The Guardian - UK

‘Neighbourhood restaurants’ – really? These Instagrammable impostors are nothing of the sort

The term evokes cosiness, affordability and community. But it’s being used as a cynical marketing ploy, says writer Lauren O’Neill

The Guardian - UK

Driving ban for TikTok chef Thomas Straker after being caught out by cyclist

Chef Thomas Straker was reported to the police after being spotted by a cyclist using his phone at the wheel of his Porsche

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TikTok chef Thomas Straker's Rolex stolen

Timepiece pilferers must be stopped, says the enraged food-fluencer

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Thomas Straker: 'TikTok Butter Chef' faces driving ban after being caught making call in Porsche 911

The Notting Hill chef was reported to police by a cyclist after an incident near Marble Arch last April

Evening Standard

The Evening Standard Rizz List 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, the Evening Standard team rank the rizziest characters of the year

Evening Standard

Going Out's biggest interviews of the year, from Tom Sellers to SluttyCheff

Chefs, restaurateurs, publicans and nightclub owners had a lot to say in 2023. We were grateful: it made our jobs much easier. From Thomas Straker to Tom Sellers, SluttyCheff to Richard Corrigan, we caught up with some of London’s movers and shakers.

Evening Standard

Will the real Thomas Straker please stand up?

After speaking to The Standard about a furious diversity row, Lara Olszowska discovers more about the man behind the butter

Evening Standard

Thomas Straker: Is there something fishy about the Notting Hill chef?

He was the kitchen darling of social media, until a diversity scandal threatened to end it all. In his first interview since, Thomas Straker tells David Ellis his side of the story

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Braverman says cancel Christmas (for MPs)

The Grinch it seems has been deposed

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Meet @sluttycheff, Instagram’s new favourite foodie

Lorde’s a fan, Thomas Straker probably isn’t. Josh Barrie on the anonymous chef taking Instagram to boiling point

Evening Standard

OPINION - Thomas Straker row: the age of the swaggering chef is drawing to a close

Social media is a cruel mistress. Just ask Thomas Straker, a plummy young chef who made his name making drool-inducing butter videos for TikTok, and who put up some pictures of his Notting Hill restaurant’s kitchen team on Instagram this week.

The Independent UK

London chef apologises after criticism for all-white, all-male kitchen team

Industry figures weigh in on the chef’s initial ‘rude’ response

The Week

TikTok chef Thomas Straker sparks hospitality diversity row

A FoodTok star turned Notting Hill restaurant owner sparked fierce criticism after he posted a picture of his all-white, all-male kitchen team on Instagram.

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Evening Standard

Everything you need to know about the Thomas Straker controversy so far

The TikTok star turned restaurateur has caused something of a stir with a recent Instagram post

The Independent UK

London chef apologises after criticism for all-white, all-male kitchen team

Industry figures weigh in on the chef’s initial ‘rude’ response

Evening Standard

Chef Thomas Straker starts diversity row over his kitchen staff

The chef, who got famous on social media, told people to ‘calm down’

Evening Standard

Starmer hopes to raise the tone and ‘rise above’ gutter politics

It would be a volte-face for Labour following harsh attack ads in Spring

Evening Standard

Welcome to the Notting Hill revolution: The new wave of restaurants making west London cool again

The best new openings are in W11 — it’s now the go-to postcode for those in the know, says David Ellis

Evening Standard

Jimi Famurewa reviews Straker’s: TikTok touch is only part of the fun at this hot, freewheeling new opening

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21 ways to spark joy this autumn

The cold is rolling in but there are always ways to banish the blues. From blockbuster art shows to glam ice skating, let Team ES be your guide to feeling good

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