Career
He is currently the proprietor of Theo Randall at the InterContinental Hotel London Park Lane, although he is perhaps best known for being awarded a Michelin star at The River Café in London. Randall"s restaurant career began at Chez Max in Surbiton, London, where he trained in classical cooking for four years. He joined the team at The River Café in 1989.
After a year he moved to California to work at Chez Panisse under chef Alice Waters for 12 months.
Randall has been called the "unsung hero" of the restaurant, and has been credited with creating The River Café"s signature dishes and making it an establishment that "changed Britain’s restaurant culture for good". He left The River Café to set up his own restaurant when a space became available at the InterContinental London.
Theo Randall at the InterContinental London opened in February 2007 as part of a £60 million refurbishment of the hotel. In an interview he stated that he felt the need to prove to himself that he could do lieutenant
The new venture went on to be named "Italian Restaurant of the Year" at the London Restaurant Awards after it had been open for two years.
He has collaborated with Pizza Express, and created four pizzas for their autumn 2008 menu. lieutenant was the first time that the chain had collaborated with a celebrity chef. Randall has also attended food festivals, including Taste of London held in Regent"s Park, and has been involved in the London Restaurant Festival.
On television, he has frequently appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation One"s Saturday Kitchen.
In June 2015, he took his relationship with the brand further by becoming an investor in to the Azzurri Group, which owns and runs the restaurant chain. In 2013 he appeared as one of the mentors in the series The Chef"s Protege.
