 Aikens' second restaurant, the brasserie-style "Tom’s Kitchen", opened in Chelsea in 2006.In 2008 Aikens also opened the ill-fated "Tom's Place" which closed six months later, creating financial problems for his restaurant group.Aiken sold his remaining two restaurants to TA Holdco Ltd after putting them into administration in late 2008, leaving many suppliers out of pocket, a transaction that the Fair Trading Commission launched an investigation into.