Toxic culture in professional kitchens: ‘I had so many DMs from female chefs, including two who’d been raped. I was shook’

Coming hot on the heels of the overwhelmingly pale and male 2025 Michelin Guide UK and Ireland ceremony last month, there was outrage at a recent interview with UK chef Jason Atherton, who owns 14 restaurants, in which he said that he didn’t think women still experienced sexism in Britain’s restaurant kitchens.