Mike Reid

fter graduating from the University of Portsmouth Reid moved to London where he began his career as a chef5 He worked as an apprenticeship at The In Out club in St Jamess and later worked in the kitchens of the Royal Air Force Club5 He worked in Le Gavroche and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay under the tutelage of notable chefs such as Michel Roux Jr Simone Zanoni and Gordon Ramsay5 In 2007 Reid joined the team at Gaucho restaurants and later became the head chef there6 He managed both the Richmond and O2 sites before he was promoted to the topmost position for the entire Gaucho Group6 In 2013 Reid left London and moved to Melbourne where he worked in Attica alongside the celebrity chef Ben Shewry7 He also worked in Andrew McConnells 2 Hat restaurant Cutler and Co7 In 2014 Reid worked with celebrity chef Shannon Bennett and his Vue de Monde group to open Jardin Tan8 In 2014 he returned to the United Kingdom and opened a restaurant in London tagged M8 In 2015 he opened the second M restaurant in Victoria Street9 Reid wrote his first cookbook titled M a 24 Hour Cookbook which was published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing10 In 2016 he started appearing on Channel 4s Sunday Brunch live TV show as guest chef11 He also appeared on the BBC Great British Menu representing the London and South East region against the countries best chefs12 He featured on Master chef on BBC One and Tricks of the Restaurant Trade on Channel 413 In 2017 Reid opened the third M restaurant in Twickenham14 In 2019 he started overseeing the newly formed Rare Restaurants which encompasses both Gaucho and M restaurants14 Reid features as a guest alongside James Martin on Saturdays Kitchen in the UK and Justine Schofield on Everyday Gourmet and Diana Chan on Asia Unplated in Australia15