Seb Myers

The early line of Seb Myers’s career runs through kitchens chosen for their rigour: Viajante at the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green (from 2010), then Chiltern Firehouse, Sager + Wilde Paradise Row, and The Laughing Heart Cave in Hackney Road. Each post added another layer to a practice shaped by movement, discipline, and close attention to detail. He also became co-founder at Snackbar project, taking that same approach into a more collective format.

By 2019, Myers had taken on another post as guest chef at P. Franco in Hackney, adding further weight to a career already taking a clear shape. The pattern is consistent: distinct rooms, different pressures, and a steady preference for precision over display.

Since 2021, Myers has led the kitchen as chef and co-owner at Planque in London, where the work is framed by precision rather than excess. His own description is telling: “It's more about subtracting things and sort of trying to get things back to like a simpler state and just being quite direct with the cooking.” That reads as a kitchen method built on editing — letting each element earn its place and keeping the final plate clear.

The same logic sits behind his view of making: “Creativity comes from taking care of things.” In practice, that puts attention ahead of theatrics. The result is a style that relies on control, care, and a calm confidence in the craft itself.

Seb's signature dishes include smoked eel & laverbread rice and lobster rice. Both point to a tight, textural way of working, with rice used as a steady structural element rather than a backdrop. The effect matches his wider style: direct, disciplined, and focused on the character of the ingredient.

His named milestones are chef roles, a guest-chef post, and co-ownership from 2021. In a career that has moved from Viajante at the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green (from 2010) through Chiltern Firehouse, Sager + Wilde Paradise Row, and The Laughing Heart Cave in Hackney Road, then to Snackbar project and P. Franco in Hackney (2019), the distinction lies not in volume but in accumulation: a steady, purposeful progression toward Planque, where his modern French outlook now has a home.