Mike Keen

Mike is head chef at his own quality pub/ Restaurant in London Docks which celebrated its first birthday on 1st October 2010. Mike works closely with local suppliers to promote & celebrate Suffolk’s fantastic food heritage, Mike makes his own air-dried ham from pigs fed on the spent grains from the microbrewery on site, has his own chickens (& fledgling snail farm) & uses salad & veg grown near Woodbridge.

Before he got his own pub/restaurant Mike spent a while as Head Chef at The Anchor in Walberswick, prior to that Mike completed a contract as a troubleshoot chef for an Italian cruise company in China, Korea and Japan. Previous work has included private event catering for celebrities such as George Michael & Jamie Oliver and a stint as general manager of Jimmy’s Farm of BBC TV fame.

To complete a wide & varied career Mike has also catered on board cruise ships in the Caribbean, cheffed in Montreal & Buffalo, NY, and run a restaurant in New Zealand. A passionate advocate of East Anglian produce, Mike loves top class, seasonal & locally sourced produce and cooking it simply to great effect.