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Tim Siadatan

Chef · Owner / operator — Italian cooking in London, pasta above all; the economics of affordable, high-volume, high-quality restaurants; the London restaurant trade from an operator's side.

chef-founder, with Jordan Frieda, of Trullo (Islington, 2010) and Padella (Borough Market 2016, Shoreditch 2020, Soho 2026). Padella holds a Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide UK 2026 and started London's fresh-pasta boom; the format it invented has been copied across the city. He came up through a Jamie Oliver apprenticeship taken at fifteen, and published Padella: Iconic Pasta at Home (Bloomsbury, 11 September 2025). He talks about technique on the record rather than in slogans: on his cacio e pepe he says outright that adding butter and mixing parmesan with pecorino is a departure from the Roman version and that he is "not pretending to be making the Roman version".

Their own reviews and picks.

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

• Country & Town House (Ellie Smith) ↗their pick · 2025-09-08
  • Bouchon RacineFarringdon

    “Top three places to eat in London? The River Cafe, St. John, Bouchon Racine.”

  • The River CaféHammersmith

    “Top three places to eat in London? The River Cafe, St. John, Bouchon Racine.”