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Meet The Chef: Tom Younger of The Wellhouse

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In this edition of Meet The Chef, Tom Younger tells The Sybarite about how his mum shaped his career, his passion for wood-fired cooking, and how he approaches sustainability in the kitchen.

At The Wellhouse, Lainston House, helmed by Head Chef Tom Younger, everything on the menu is either wood-fired or smoked. Dishes are made using the freshest ingredients, with Younger creating weekly menus in tandem with the changing seasons. Prior to joining the team at Lainston House, Younger trained at The Met in Brighton before working at a patisserie bakery. Earlier this year, he appeared on BBC's...

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