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Jeremy Lee

Chef · Author — Seasonal British and European cooking in Soho, and the older London restaurant culture. He has cooked in the city since the 1980s, so he knows the rooms that outlasted their fashionable years.

Listed with the chefs in London.

Jeremy Lee is chef-patron of Quo Vadis in Soho. He holds the Tatler Award for Best Kitchen and a place in the Evening Standard's Progress 1000 under Tastemakers: Eat and Drink. A cook of that standing sending you to somebody else's kitchen is the strongest recommendation anyone can give.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• Jeremy Lee via The Relisher, 'Where to Eat in London, According to One of the City's Top Chefs' ↗their pick · 2025-08-19
  • E5 BakehouseLondon Fields

    “They mill their own flour. They grow their own produce.”

  • Flat WhiteSoho

    “There's a coffee shop in Soho I've loved for years: Flat White.”

  • MigaHackney

    “The cooking is a revelation.”

  • Rochelle CanteenShoreditch

    “It stands out to me as it's one of the very few restaurants still writing menus daily to reflect what's best that morning.”

  • St. JohnSmithfield

    “It's proper British cooking. The kind of food that makes you proud to live here.”

  • SweetingsCity of London

    “One of the great surviving institutions.”

  • The River CaféHammersmith

    “This is a restaurant that has never chased trends. It's brilliantly consistent.”