Angela Hartnett
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| Born | 1969 (age 38–39) Kent, England |
| Cooking style | Welsh-Italian |
| Education | Cambridge Polytechnic Sandy Lane Hotel Gordon Ramsay |
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Angela Hartnett MBE (born 1969 in Kent) is a Anglo-Welsh-Italian Chef. A protégé of Gordon Ramsay who was made famous by her appearances on British television, she was Chef-Patron at The Connaught Hotel in London.
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[edit] Biography
The eldest daughter born in Kent to a Royal Navy father and Welsh born Italian mother; aged eight she, her brother, sister and mother moved to Upminster, Essex when her father died, to be closer to both sets of grandparents. Educated in Essex, at 18 she went off Italy for a year to work as an au pair before graduating with a degree in History at the Cambridge Polytechnic.[1]
[edit] Career
Starting relatively late in her chosen career path, she learnt on the job at a hotel in Cambridge, then at a the Sandy Lane Hotel restaurant in Barbados.[1][2]
In 1994, she returned to the UK, and undertook a one day trial at Gordon Ramsay's first restaurant "Aubergine." Alongside Marcus Wareing, she worked six days a week alongside Ramsay for longer than the two weeks Wareing predicted - Ramsay called her a bitch occasionally, alongside his favoured name for her: Dizzy Lizzy.[1] She supported Ramsay at Zafferano and L'Oranger, then joining Wareing as his sous chef at Petrus. After launching Amaryllis in Scotland with David Dempsey in 2001, Hartnett helped with the launch of Gordon Ramsay's Verre in Dubai.[2]
In 2003, Hartnett won the 'Best Newcomer Award' and the Square Meal Guides’ BMW Best New Restaurant award for the two restaurants at The Connaught Hotel.[3] In 2004 she netted her first Michelin star. Early 2007 saw her awarded an MBE for Services to the Hospitality Industry.[4] Also in 2007 she opened a Ramsay Group restaurant in Boca Raton, Florida.[5] She made her first television appearance in the first series of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen.[3]
Just before The Connaught Hotel closed in mid-2007, she published her first book "Cucina: Three Generations of Italian Family Cooking;" and while it was initially closed she was seen on BBC's Kitchen Criminals and Take On The Takeaway. Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd agreed to cease their contract with The Connaught Hotel in September 2007, so in April 2008, Hartnett will open the York and Albany restaurant in Regent's Park, and in June 2008 she will launch Murano, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Mayfair.[6]
[edit] Personal life
Hartnett is single, and lives in Spitalfields, London with her sister, in a house owned by Hartnett and her brother.[7][8] She spends a holiday every year in Bardi, Emilia-Romagna, the town where most of the Welsh-based Italian families can trace their roots. Her friends include Sally Clarke.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Ramsay's kitchen queen. The Guardian (April 29, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ a b Angela Hartnett. UK TV Food. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ a b Angela hartnett. Lifestyle Food. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ Angela Hartnett profile. Caterersearch.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ^ Richard Vines (September 13, 2007). Angela Hartnett Quits the Connaught, Plans New Ramsay Venture. Blooberg. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ Gordon Ramsay eats his own words - Telegraph
- ^ Time and Place: Angela Hartnett. The Times (September 9, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ My Home: Chef Angela Harnett. The Independent (25 July 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
