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 · Jun 29, 2025
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 · May 31, 2025
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 · May 8, 2025
5 new podcasts to listen to this week These are our top podcast picks. The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2025
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 · Nov 30, 2024
‘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 · Mar 28, 2024
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 Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2024
TikTok chef Thomas Straker's Rolex stolen Timepiece pilferers must be stopped, says the enraged food-fluencer Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024
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 · Jan 25, 2024
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 · Dec 30, 2023
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 · Dec 28, 2023
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 · Dec 18, 2023
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 Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2023
Braverman says cancel Christmas (for MPs) The Grinch it seems has been deposed Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2023
Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2023 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 · Aug 2, 2023 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 · Aug 2, 2023 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 · Aug 1, 2023 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.
Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2023 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 · Jul 31, 2023 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 · Jul 31, 2023 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 · Jul 31, 2023 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 · Nov 23, 2022 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 · Nov 23, 2022 Jimi Famurewa reviews Straker’s: TikTok touch is only part of the fun at this hot, freewheeling new opening Straker’s Restaurant
Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022 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