Adrian and Michael Daniel

Adrian and Michael Daniel have been running London's most successful vegetarian restaurant since December 1989. "The cooking at the Gate reflects the diverse cultural background in which we grew up - what one might call Indo-Iraqi Jewish. Our grandmothers blended Indian and Arabic cuisines with the traditional Jewish food. It became perfectly natural that we should apply the same principles at the restaurant. The food we serve is the food of our childhood, modulated byFrench and Italian influence. When we opened the Gate, we had had no formal training and knew nothing about running a restaurant - we were just a couple of guys who knew what we liked to eat - but we knew that food was sacred and should be celebrated. At the restaurant we try and celebrate the food. This means, amongst other things, that we source our ingredients with care."