Lee Tiernan, a London-born chef from an Irish Catholic family, is a classic late bloomer. Unusually for someone in his profession, Tiernan came to cooking relatively late — in his mid-twenties — after stints of running a bar in Thailand, working as a labourer in the US Virgin Islands and doing house removals.The latter he found so depressing that when he spotted an advert to do a catering course at a local college, he signed up. He had zero interest in becoming a cook, even less interest in working in a restaurant and, apart from visits to Samrat curry house in Tooting, near where he grew up, very limited experience of eating out.Today, Tiernan is considered one of Britain’s most exciting chefs and…Continue readingSubscribe to The Digital Packfor instant access