Steve Drake (chef) Steve Drake (chef) Steve Drake is a British chef who has held a Michelin star at two restaurants, including his current establishment, Sorrel. He has previously worked under a number of chefs, including Nico Ladenis and Marco Pierre White. He began his culinary career working in a café making bacon sandwiches. After culinary school he began working under Keith Stanley at The Ritz London Hotel, at the age of 17 in 1990. He was staying in shared accommodation, and met a fellow chef who was working at Nico Ladenis' restaurant. Drake went for an interview and gained a job there,
Tommy Banks (chef) Tommy Banks (chef) Tommy Banks (born 1989) is a British Michelin Star winning head chef. His restaurant, The Black Swan at Oldstead, was rated the best in the world in 2017 according to TripAdvisor. Banks was born and raised in the small North Yorkshire village of Oldstead. He grew up there with his older brother, James and parents, Tom and Anne Banks. In 2006, when he was 17, Tommy Banks' parents bought the pub and restaurant The Black Swan at Oldstead, and he became involved in the running of the business. He worked in the kitchen and started to learn