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title: "The Millionaire Chef Who HUSTLED His Way To A $50M Empire @ChefTomKerridge"
description: "The Millionaire Chef Who HUSTLED His Way To A $50M Empire @ChefTomKerridge, on Secret Leaders. 696 views."
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# The Millionaire Chef Who HUSTLED His Way To A $50M Empire @ChefTomKerridge

- Channel: Secret Leaders
- Made for: Secret Leaders
- Published: 2025-04-08
- Views: 696 (production tracker)
- Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3XqoYGxLzQ
- Form: long, 1:23:22

In 2005, Tom Carriage remorggaged his house and used his last bit of savings to buy a rundown pub.

## What did Tom do on this video?

- **Produced.** Tom owned the production of the video itself, or the format it belongs to, end to end. Commissioning, shoot, edit, packaging and release.
- **Format and strategy.** Tom created or ran the format, the channel strategy or the upload plan the video sits inside, whether or not he was on the shoot.
- **Commercial and sponsorship.** Tom brought in, negotiated or ran the commercial deal that paid for the video or that appears inside it.

**Secret Leaders.** Head of Content. Owned the format relaunch and editorial strategy, the studio build, the sponsorship revenue, and the team and systems.

Era: Head of Content, Secret Leaders, Jul 2024 to May 2025.