After initially appearing in several small television parts as a child actor, he decided to attend culinary school at the age of 18.

[2] Kerridge has appeared on the Great British Menu, MasterChef, and Saturday Kitchen and presented How to Lose Weight For Good and Top of the Shop, both for the BBC.

His mother held down a number of jobs while moving the now single-parent family around several housing estates in Gloucester.

[3] He attended a youth theatre for three weeks when he was spotted and cast in the 1991 Christmas special of the BBC1 television show Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors.

[27] On 19 September 2019, the chef's 10-part series called Tom Kerridge's American Feast, premiered on Food Network UK.

The series saw Kerridge travel on a culinary road trip across America, from the Northern Californian Coast to the Florida Keys.

[30] 15 November 2019 saw the opening of Kerridge's latest restaurant called The Bull & Bear at Manchester's Stock Exchange Hotel, which is owned by former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, together with hotelier Winston Zahra.

[33] In January 2021, Kerridge announced that he was teaming up with British Airways to create a new range of short haul economy food; part of the airline's Speedbird Café menu.

[35] On 6 September 2021, the BBC announced that Kerridge would be joining the judging panel for the next series of Great British Menu.

[38] Speaking to website the Staff Canteen, Lewis explained the extent of his injuries, his recovery, and the effects it had on his mental and physical health.

After returning to the restaurant, he left The Hand & Flowers to take up a head chef position at the Sir Charles Napier Inn near Chinnor in Oxfordshire.

[38] On 7 November 2012, Kerridge was among a number of chefs who joined in the criticism of a customer at his associate Claude Bosi's restaurant Hibiscus.

[41] Kerridge is a lifelong Manchester United supporter[42] and has a number 7 tattoo[43] in honour of his favourite player, Bryan Robson.

[45][46] He told the author Paul Stenning: "My relationship with Beth is fantastic but in our first year living and working together she left me three times!

[49] During the 2024 United Kingdom general election campaign, Kerridge was a signatory to a letter to The Times endorsing the Labour Party.