{"id":16344,"date":"2025-02-24T14:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/?p=16344"},"modified":"2025-02-27T05:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T05:26:42","slug":"jes-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/blog\/jes-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jes James at Lost in the Lanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We meet Jes James, the new head chef at <a href=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/lost-in-the-lanes-brighton\/\">Lost In The Lanes<\/a>, to learn more about his journey and what\u2019s in store for this much-loved Brighton venue. Jes shares his experience, culinary inspirations, and his vision for the restaurant under his leadership in this exciting new role.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you tell us a little about your journey into the restaurant industry?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I started working in kitchens in Guernsey when I was 13, training under award-winning chefs Tony Leck, Rene Bisson, and Robert Birch. That gave me a solid classical foundation and really cemented my passion for the industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After finishing my hospitality diploma, I moved to the UK to gain more experience and develop my own style. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve worked in a range of kitchens for some amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/chef-jobs-brighton-hove\/\">chefs<\/a> since, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marco_Pierre_White\">Marco Pierre White<\/a>, which has helped refine my approach to modern French techniques and seasonal cooking. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, it\u2019s all about quality ingredients and showing my creativity.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006.png\" alt=\"a dessert featured on a white plate with orange and grapefruit segments, cream on top. A colourful dish by chef Jes James at Lost in the Lanes in Brighton. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006.png 2000w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006-1280x905.png 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006-1600x1131.png 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_20250217_214219_0006-1920x1357.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What inspired you to become a chef?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I got inspired to cook from a very young age, watching tv shows like Ready, Steady, Cook. But these 3 chefs are why i push myself, Gordon Ramsay and Paul Bocuse &amp; Jordi Roca are the chefs that have opened my eyes to the industry and helped me grow as a chef.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your Instagram showcases a beautiful mix of food and creativity &#8211; how would you describe your personal cooking style?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My main style is French modern, but throughout my career, I&#8217;ve learned so many new techniques from different cultures, I&#8217;ve definitely created a way to adjust techniques to fit what i&#8217;m creating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16349 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004.png\" alt=\"a dessert sat on a table. A orange with a cake filling sat on a wooden table. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004.png 2000w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004-1280x905.png 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004-1600x1131.png 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_20250217_214219_0004-1920x1357.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve just taken over as Head Chef at Lost in the Lanes, what drew you to this role?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I spoke with Natalie, the owner of Lost, over a couple of months, it was a great process. Learning about what <a href=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/blog\/natalie-demetriou-lost-in-the-lanes\/\">Natalie<\/a> wants from the business and what I can bring, our views and ideas aligned and I couldn&#8217;t be happier with whats to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/img.restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KoLkDj6d-e1688627802178.jpeg\" alt=\"the exterior of Lost In The Lanes in Brightons historic Lanes. With a red brick road and diners sat outside enjoying a coffee or lunch. \" width=\"2016\" height=\"1265\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lost in the Lanes has a strong identity when it comes to fresh, seasonal ingredients. How do you plan to put your own stamp on the menu?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m going to take that brand identity and run with it, fresh and seasonal is what lacks from a lot of restaurants now, I find places are leaning on what social media is telling us people want, rather than actually finding out for ourselves. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresh and seasonal should be the base values for every menu.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What can guests expect from your menus?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ll be taking influence from everywhere in the Mediterranean Basin, but still adding twists from my home island of Guernsey and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16346 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003.png\" alt=\"a steak casserole dish with spinach on top. Presented on a white plate with twinkly lights in teh background\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003.png 2000w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003-1280x905.png 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003-1600x1131.png 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_20250217_214219_0003-1920x1357.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability is a big conversation in hospitality, how do you incorporate sustainable practice in your kitchen?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I believe low waste or even no waste is very achievable for all kitchens, I&#8217;m a nose to tail, root to tip kind of chef, if it can be used, it will be.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Describe a typical day in your kitchen. What\u2019s the first thing you do when you arrive?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as everyone knows by now, Lost In The Lanes has the best breakfast in Brighton, so getting ready for that first thing is priority, getting a pot boiling for the poached eggs, new potatoes onto the griddle getting crispy for the hash. Thinking past breakfast though, we will begin prepping for evening service, while we serve breakfast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16345 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005.png\" alt=\"multiple dishes of foods at a function. The dishes are all the same with Salmon, with a mousse. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005.png 2000w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005-1280x905.png 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005-1600x1131.png 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6_20250217_214219_0005-1920x1357.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you inspire and motivate your team in the kitchen?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping the teams minds busy and staying creative, with doing specials like our current \u00a310 lunch menu, they will all have an opinion and let their chef brains go wild.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s the biggest lesson you\u2019ve learned so far in your career as a chef?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s impossible to please everyone that walks through the door, being a chef is an art form, so you do naturally become attached to what you create and if a negative comes up about that creation, take it, but don&#8217;t hold on to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think makes a great dining experience beyond just the food?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The little things are what can make or break a dining experience, the food can be the best you&#8217;ve tasted ever, but if there wasn&#8217;t a warm welcome when you enter the venue, It takes the magic away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/img.restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6th-photo.jpg?tr=w-1948,c-at_max\" alt=\"A cocktail bartender at Lost In The Lanes. Stood at the bar and mixing an espresso martini. \" width=\"1948\" height=\"1300\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you love most about being a chef in Brighton?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chef community is incredible, ive been in brighton for a year now, and came knowing one or two chefs, now I know dozens. The great thing is, even if I am creating \u201ccompetition\u201d for another chef, we&#8217;ve always got each other&#8217;s back.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city has a thriving food scene, any local restaurants you admire or like to visit on your days off?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do enjoy a cafe\/bakery, so my go too is cafe Julien Plumart or Little Loaf in the open market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For evening food its Bonsai Plant Kitchen or El Bolilo.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/336554451_6136289469743045_8060694584677699269_n.jpg?tr=w-2000,c-at_max\" alt=\"The Bonsai Plant Kitchen restaurant in Brighton. A favourite destination in terms of where chefs like to eat, especially Jes James. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonsai Plant Kitchen<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s next for Lost in the Lanes under the Jes James leadership?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;re still very young as a destination for evening food in Brighton, so getting people to know that we are there, but past that, awards, awards, awards. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being that place everyone wants to eat at.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any exciting projects or plans in the pipeline?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More chef collaborations, like what we have done on the 28th of February with Julien Plumart, putting 2 chefs from different venues together to create is exciting for the chef, and the guests.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, if you could give one piece of advice to aspiring chefs, what would it be?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t hesitate, being a chef is an amazing career choice, even though schools don&#8217;t push it as that, it&#8217;s definitely fulfilling in so many ways. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you want to become a chef, Walk into that restaurant, pub or cafe, and just ask to speak to the head chef, we&#8217;re not scary people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16347 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000.png\" alt=\"a savoury and sweet dessert presented on a white plate. A dish produced by Jes James Head Chef\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000.png 2000w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000-1280x905.png 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000-1600x1131.png 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_20250217_214218_0000-1920x1357.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We meet Jes James, the new head chef at Lost In The Lanes, to learn more about his journey and what\u2019s in store for this much-loved Brighton venue. 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