Yes, Jason Atherton flagship restaurant ‘Pollen Street Social’ opened in April 2011 in Mayfair and was awarded a Michelin star within just six months of opening.
He is 51 years old as of 2022. He was born on September 6, 1971, in Worksop, United Kingdom.
Jason Atherton is an English chef and restaurateur.
He was the Executive Chef at Gordon Ramsay’s Michelin-starred Maze in London until 30 April 2010. In 2014 he co-hosted the Sky Living TV series My Kitchen Rules.
Jason Atherton has worked with chefs including Pierre Koffmann, Nico Ladenis, and Marco Pierre White. He joined the Gordon Ramsay Group in 2001 as the executive chef for Verre in Dubai. In 2005, Jason returned to the UK and opened Maze.
Between 2011 and 2012, Atherton expanded his Asian ventures with Esquina, a tapas bar in Chinatown, Singapore, The Study, a British-style cafe, also in Singapore, and 22 Ships with Yenn Wong of JIA Group, in Hong Kong.
In June 2016, Atherton opened his first restaurant in Cebu, Philippines – The Pig and Palm is a 70-seater with a chefs table, tapas bar, main dining area, and a lounge area, designed by architect Lyndon Neri of Neri and Hu, also designed Atherton’s other restaurants Pollen Street Social, Sosharu and Kensington Street Social.