Jason Atherton
Affiliation
The Social Company
A globally recognized craft leader with a profile grounded in place and precision.
i. Biography
Jason Atherton is an English chef and restaurateur born on September 6, 1971, in Skegness. He is the founder and proprietor of The Social Company, a globally renowned restaurant group spanning from St Moritz to Shanghai, Dubai to Doha, and New York. His flagship restaurant Pollen Street Social, opened in Mayfair in April 2011, earned a Michelin star within six months of opening and retained it until its closure in 2024. Atherton trained under renowned chefs including Pierre Koffmann, Marco Pierre White, Nico Ladenis, and Ferran Adrià at El Bulli, and served as Executive Chef at Gordon Ramsay's Michelin-starred Maze in London before launching his independent restaurant company in 2010.