Nuno Mendes

Nuno Mendes (born 1973) is a London-based Portuguese chef, former executive chef at Chiltern Firehouse, London.

Early life Nuno Mendes was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal.

Career Mendes was trained at the California Culinary Academy in the 1990s, worked at elBulli, and has worked with Wolfgang Puck, Rocco di Spirito, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. In 2006, Mendes opened Bacchus, a gastropub in Hoxton, and later opened The Loft Project, from his own apartment in Shoreditch, Giles Coren of The Times referred to Mendes as "every restaurant critic's secret favourite cook".

In March 2022, Mendes opened a Portuguese restaurant, Lisboeta on Charlotte Street, London.

Personal life Mendes has a daughter and twin sons, with his partner Clarise, a South African stylist.

Selected works