ABOUT THE CHEF

Jun
Tanaka

The Ninth London:
www.theninthlondon.com

Awards:
Michelin Starred Chef

TV Appearances:
This Morning – ITV
Saturday Kitchen – BBC
Chopped – American Network Channel
Cooking It – Channel 4
Food Poker – BBC2
Saturday Cooks – ITV
MasterChef – The Professional – BBC1
Daily Cooks – ITV
Market Kitchen – UKTV

Brand Partners, Collaborations & Consultancy:
Panasonic
Kikkoman
Sainsbury
Lindt Chocolate
Eden Project

Festivals:
Taste of Dubai
BBC Good Food
Black Heath Food Festival
Taste of Tourism Ireland
Taste of London
Chester Food Festival
Foodies Festival

Restaurant – The Ninth
Author
American born Japanese television chef Jun Tanaka’s gain his first Michelin Star in 2017 at The Ninth restaurant.

Starting life as an apprenticeship at Le Gavroche under the Roux Brothers, he went on to work and train at Chez Nico and The Capital as chef de partie under Philip Britten.

Les Saveurs was his next step under Joel Antunes for two years. Before further I his career and moving to join the team at The Restaurant. Under the watchful eye of Marco Pierre White, at The Oak Room Jun was appointed as a sous chef.

He has also gained his experience from work at The Square a before moving onto Chavot under Eric Chavot as sous chef.

In 2004, Tanaka became the executive head chef of the Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel, Pearl Restaurant and Bar, a fine dining establishment that specialises in French cuisine.

In addition to his job as Pearl executive chef, Tanaka partnered with Notting Hill Brassierie’s head chef Mark Jankel in 2009 to set up a venture using a street catering van, Street Kitchen, to produce and sell gourmet lunches, using 100% British produce, at various London locations.

At the end of 2012, Jun left Pearl to open his own restaurant in central London. Named ‘The Ninth’, it opened in November 2015 being awarded a Michelin Star in 2017, and retaining the star ever since.