Maxine Thompson

Maxine Thompson is the founder of PolkaPants, tailored trousers designed for female chefs and women in hospitality. Maxine studied fashion design and worked for Chanel before training as a chef at New York’s International Culinary Centre. A private chef and published cookbook author, she found the unisex chef’s trousers available unattractive and uncomfortable so set out to design something better. PolkaPants are now worn by chefs in some of the best restaurants in the world including The River Café and Petersham Nurseries in London, and have grown to become a favourite of women working across the creative industries looking for great-fitting, practical trousers.