Chef Thom Bateman on the highs and lows of getting to where he is today and why food has always been at the heart of it

Desert Island Dishes

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Thom Bateman started his career as a chef at the age of 17, after training at Buxton College and gaining a knowledge of the classical techniques. He quickly rose through the ranks and became head chef at the tender age of 18.

In 2009 Thom decided to leave the culinary world behind him, in order to protect his mental health and get a change in scene, a chance to travel to learn more about the world but also himself.

10 years later, Thom started a food blog page known as Bboxfood reigniting a passion for cooking. Through this, he began working with big brands and before long, he had amassed a large and loyal following. That following now sits at close to 3.5 million followers.

Heading back to his roots… Thom decided to open the ‘The Flintlock’. His critically acclaimed restaurant, it’s a family affair and It’s from here he creates all his recipes and videos. He’s appeared on The Great British Menu where he was invited to compete to represent Staffordshire. With all this success and yet, it seems like he’s only just getting started.

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0:00.0	On behalf of this week's sponsor, I wanted to tell you about the amazing work that Deliveroo and the Trussle Trust have been doing together to support people facing hardships across the UK. To date, Deliveroo and its customers have helped provide over 2 million meals to people through the app and their Roundup and Donate feature, as well as helping to fund vital wraparound services
0:22.7	provided by food banks. Deliveroo have also pledged to increase this number to 4 million meals globally.
0:29.5	Any Deliveroo customer anywhere in the UK can add their support, and it's so easy to do too.
0:35.4	You simply choose to round up your order to the nearest pound when you place it on the app on the checkout page.
0:41.5	If every customer who use Deliveroo, and there are millions every month, rounded up just 10p on one order, the impact would be enormous.
0:51.9	Times are hard right now and a lot of people are struggling to afford the
0:55.3	essentials, leading to food banks needing to support more people than ever before. So this provision
1:01.3	of meals really is crucial to so many people. The money also goes to supporting the food banks
1:07.2	with financial support in the form of advice on debts and benefits, as well as
1:13.1	connections, which will hopefully end the need for food banks and lift people out of poverty
1:18.6	long term. A small donation in this very simple way really can make a huge difference. If you can,
1:25.6	consider rounding up your next order on Deliveroo. You can give as little
1:29.3	or as much as you like. Find out more at Deliveroofullife.com. I'll pop the link in the show notes.
1:36.2	Thank you very much to Deliveroo. Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
1:46.0	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guest to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.
1:52.2	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,
1:56.2	the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat before
2:01.9	being cast off to the Desert Island.
2:04.2	The question is, what would you choose as your last meal?
2:07.4	Hi, I hope you're all very well.
2:10.1	A lovely episode for you today with the brilliant Tom Bateman, who I'm sure lots of you
2:14.9	will already know, but his story is really inspiring. His road to success
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