1 Michelin star chefs: Tom Earnshaw, Bohemia
Tom Earnshaw is head chef at Bohemia, the restaurant at The Club Hotel & Spa in St Helier and, as of 2026, the only Michelin-starred restaurant on Jersey.
Bohemia's star was first awarded in 2005 and has been held every year since, a run that reached its 22nd consecutive year at the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland ceremony in February 2026, one of the longest unbroken records held by any restaurant in the UK.
Tom took over the kitchen in June 2025, becoming the fourth head chef to hold Bohemia's Michelin star since it was first won. In February 2026, weeks into his first year in the job, he was named the Michelin Guide's Young Chef of the Year 2026, awarded at the same ceremony where Bohemia's star was reconfirmed.
Tom Earnshaw's early career and background
Tom began his culinary journey at 15, working at his uncle's restaurant, where he first discovered his passion for cooking.
Inspired to build a career in food, he went on to spend the best part of a decade working through some of the country's top kitchens.
That run included Moor Hall, which holds three Michelin stars today but had two during his time there, Northcote, and The Samling, before he moved to Jersey.
Joining Bohemia
Tom joined Bohemia as sous chef in 2023, working under then head chef Callum Graham.
When Callum left after nine years at the restaurant, five of them as head chef, Tom was promoted to succeed him, taking over the kitchen on June 8, 2025.
Tom told The Staff Canteen it had “always been an ambition” of his to be a head chef, and that Bohemia “felt like the right place”.
On the kitchen he has built since taking over, he said: "The kitchen here is calm, collected, and quiet, almost strangely quiet sometimes, in the best way."
Tom Earnshaw's cooking style
Tom's signature style at Bohemia blends British ingredients with global influence, shaped by his travels through Japan, north Africa and the Mediterranean.
He is committed to building a motivated, collaborative team while continuing Bohemia's legacy as one of the UK's most enduring fine dining rooms, and leads development of both the tasting and à la carte menus.
Seasonality sits at the centre of his approach.
He told The Staff Canteen: "Seasonality is massively important to me because that's when ingredients taste their best."
Sourcing is hyper-local. Bohemia treats the island itself as its kitchen garden, drawing daily on Jersey Royals, Jersey milk and seafood including crab, lobster, scallops and sea bass, alongside oysters harvested from Royal Bay, and seaweed, sea herbs and berries foraged to order.
Tom has also spoken about occasionally seasoning dishes with sea water, a small detail that runs through his broader focus on land, sea and Jersey's own produce.
Michelin star at Bohemia
Bohemia's Michelin star dates back to 2005, won within the restaurant's first year under founding head chef Shaun Rankin, who joined in 2003 with a brief from the owners to secure a star inside 12 months. He delivered it on schedule, adding four AA rosettes two years later.
The star has been held every year since, through changes of head chef after Shaun - including Steve Smith and then Callum Graham - taking the run to 22 consecutive years in February 2026.
Tom was in his first year in the job when the star was reconfirmed at the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland ceremony in Dublin on February 9, 2026. At the same ceremony, he was named the Michelin Guide's Young Chef of the Year 2026.
Tom said: "To retain a Michelin star for the 22nd year, and in my first year as head chef, is an incredible honour. It's made even more meaningful by the Young Chef of the Year recognition."
Lawrence Huggler said: "My congratulations go to Tom for this double accolade, which is so well-deserved in only his first year at the helm of Bohemia."
Bohemia's alumni network has produced six chefs who have gone on to earn Michelin stars of their own over the years, a reflection of the kitchen's reputation as a serious training ground as well as a serious dining room.
Twenty-two years on from that first star, and with the Michelin Guide's own Young Chef of the Year title now attached to his name, Tom is shaping the next stretch of Bohemia's record on his own terms, with his tasting and à la carte menus carrying the restaurant's legacy forward.
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