Asimakis Chaniotis to leave Pied à Terre

Asimakis Chaniotis is to leave his role as executive chef of Pied à Terre after 13 years at the Michelin-starred London restaurant.

Chaniotis, who was an Acorn Award winner in 2019, became executive chef of the Charlotte Street restaurant in 2017, taking over from Andy McFadden. Prior to that he had worked his way up from chef de partie when he joined in 2011, to sous chef under Marcus Eaves.

He told The Caterer that he was now searching for investors to back his own restaurant.

Pied à Terre owner David Moore said: “Asimakis has been with us almost 13 years so a change in direction is understandable. He is in his seventh year as head chef in which time we’ve been through a lot and achieved a lot too.

“He’s a brilliant cook and it’s an exciting future for him and for Pied à Terre.”

Chaniotis had led the brigade at Moore’s L'Autre Pied before its closure in 2017, when he moved back to Pied à Terre. The pair also developed street-food concept Cook Love as part of a residency at Shoreditch's Dinerama site in 2019, named after the words tattooed across Chaniotis’s fingers.

Moore added that he would make an announcement on Chaniotis’s replacement in the coming weeks.

He said: “We’re excited by the next chapter and already busy speaking to potential candidates. Some of Pied a Terre’s success has pivoted on changing times and changing chefs.

“We’re now on our seventh chef in 33 years and each time it’s a positive new chapter in the restaurant’s history.”