CALLING MAJOR TOM

Tom Aikens, the youngest British chef to win two Michelin stars, has

just opened his first restaurant outside London in Birmingham’s The Mailbox. Tom’s Kitchen will

serve dishes he’s spent his life perfecting, plus a few composed

for the new Midlands outpost. Bistro classics such as spicy crab cakes, truffled mac ’n’ cheese,

steak tartare and the Tom’s Kitchen burger are great for a lunchtime pit stop, while poached

monkfish with escabeche, chateaubriand or Cornish lemon sole are ideal for more formal occasions. tomskitchen.co.uk