James Knappett is chef patron and co-founder of Kitchen Table in London. He trained in Cambridgeshire, spent formative years in the kitchens at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and Petrus, and then moved on to work at Rick Stein’s The Seafood Restaurants. In 2005 he ventured further afield to take up positions at world-renowned restaurant institutions, including Thomas Keller’s Per Se in New York and then with René Redzepi at Noma in Copenhagen, where he met his wife, sommelier Sandia Chang. James and Sandia opened Kitchen Table in September 2012 and the restaurant has since been celebrated as a world-class dining experience, earning a Michelin star in 2014, and the coveted second star in 2018, which it still has. Kitchen Table also won Michelin's 'Welcome and Service Award' in 2018.

Kitchen Table is a dining experience, where full interaction with the chefs showcases previously unseen kitchen theatre.  Guests, seated at a horseshoe-shaped counter, see James Knappett and his team prepare, serve, and talk diners through that evening’s tasting menu. A wine list curated by Sandia completes the experience.

Each day James and the team prepare a Modern British daily changing tasting menu using the very best of what’s available to them on any given evening. Each course focuses on a single ingredient – like oyster, truffle, scallop, or deer – and amplifies exceptional produce to its very best. That exceptional produce comes from James’ long-trusted network of independent suppliers, who have been the cornerstone of Kitchen Table since its opening, sustainably sourcing day boat fish, growing seasonally, and farming responsibly.