Tom Kerridge is a British chef. He appeared in small television parts as a child actor before attending culinary school and deciding to pursue a career in cooking. Kerridge has worked at Adlards and Rhodes in the Square restaurants, and opened the Hand & Flowers pub in Marlow, Buckinghamshire in 2005. He has appeared in the series My Greatest Dishes and hosts the food podcast The Pirate Ship Podcast with Tom Kerridge and Chris Stark.