Jonny Lake
Jonny Lake is a Canadian Chef [1] who was formerly the Executive Head Chef at The Fat Duck, a three Michelin starred restaurant in Bray, Berkshire for twelve years. In late 2019 he opened Trivet, a new restaurant, wine bar and cellar with former Fat Duck master sommelier Isa Bal in the Snowsfields Yard development at London Bridge.[2][3] Lake was born in Ontario and studied physics and biology at university in Montreal.
Jonny started cooking by volunteering at the meals-on-wheels charity, Santropol Roulant in Montreal, Quebec. Once he had finished university, he spent over a year learning his trade at the Institut de Tourisme et d’Hotellerie du Quebec, which is the largest professional chef training programme in Montreal.
Lake did well at culinary school and once he had graduated he was granted a bursary. This allowed him to go to Italy for three months where in Savona, Liguria he worked at the one Michelin starred A-Spurcacciun-a. After a period of time he moved to work at the two Michelin starred restaurant owned by Gultiero Marchesi in Erbusco.[4]
He moved to the UK in 2005 to join The Fat Duck initially as chef de partie and was subsequently made Executive Head Chef of The Fat Duck Group. He departed the restaurant in 2018 to pursue personal projects and collaborate on a new restaurant project with Fat Duck alum and master sommelier Isa Bal.
References
- ^ "Meet The Guest Chef: Jonny Lake - Good Things Magazine". 8 August 2016.
- ^ Big Hospitality. "Fat Duck Alumni take Londrino site for debut restaurant". Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ BigHospitality.co.uk. "Michelin Guide 2017: Fat Duck regains Three Stars".
- ^ "Jonny Lake - Fat Duck at Bray - Jonny Lake Chef".