Who the cook is Johnnie Mountain?

Having worked in the Catering world for over twenty years, Johnnie Mountain finally found his true vocation in 1994 when he started working in restaurant kitchens and instantly knew that's where he belonged.

In 1995 Johnnie worked as Sous Chef at Café Dell Ugo before going on to work with Alastair Little. He then joined The Vine in Kentish Town which resulted in his demons being pushed to the hilt. Struggling on to The Fat Duck in 1997, followed by his role as Head Chef at Zilli Fish and stints at the Mirabelle almost saw the collapse of this tormented chef.

Sobriety hit in 2000 and having opened three restaurants since then, he is now a permanent fixture at Mosaica @ the Factory, his very first restaurant. Charles Campion once said "It's a pretty tall order given the competition, but even among chefs, Johnnie Mountain could be considered seriously eccentric".

More recently, Johnnie has been the ambassador for Nintendo's Wii cookery game and has demonstrated his skills Taste London.

Steve Goode

Steve began his culinary life in 2005 at "The Pumphouse" when he was taken on by the eccentric Johnnie Mountain

Slaving on and off with him and the team he worked his way up the ranks until cooking was all he knew and at the beginning of 2009 he was appointed "Head Chef".

Now he's a 24 year old wannabe chef from "Nam" serving Goode food in N22!

Michael Hendrickse

Michael is Mosaica's official food taster / butchers dog who finds time between meals to run the front of house operations.

Michael is also a qualified sound engineer and musician and can be found on his nights off playing gig's to some old friends in a dodgy pub in Camden.

These experiences come in handy when needing to shout an order to a busy (and noisy!) kitchen.

In his own words, "Jack of all trades, master of none"!

The Team

Most of our front of house staff are Mount View Theatre School students and therefore service standards are at the highest British levels. Mosaica kitchen prefers to take on young apprentices with bags of enthusiasm to be moulded to the quality standards that we require.