Thomas Piat returns to London for executive chef role at Searcys

Thomas Piat has returned to London to take up a role as executive chef for restaurants at caterer Searcys.

He works across the group's nine restaurants and bars and has already launched autumn menus at the Searcys Brasserie at St Pancras in London.

Piat spent 10 years working with Daniel Boulud in New York and London and was promoted to executive chef at Bar Boulud at the Mandarin Oriental in Knightsbridge in 2015.

He left the business in 2018. to work at Jòia par Hélène Darroze in Paris and oversaw the menu at the launch of D&D's 14 Hills restaurant in London's Fenchurch Street.

Piat joins Searcys after three years working in Florida, both as a private chef and as executive chef at Palm Beach members' club Carriage House.

"I am thrilled to be joining the Searcys family and working with the talented chefs at our landmark venues," said Piat.

Searcys is one of the UK's oldest caterers and runs restaurants and events spaces at buildings including St Pancras International station, Battersea Power Station and at the Roman Baths in Bath.