Angela Hartnett

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Angela Hartnett, MBE
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Born
Angela Maria Hartnett[1]

September 1968 (age 52–53)[2]
Canterbury, Kent, England[1]
EducationCambridge Polytechnic
Sandy Lane Hotel
Gordon Ramsay
Culinary career
Cooking styleItalian
Rating(s)
Current restaurant(s)
Previous restaurant(s)
Television show(s)
Award(s) won

Angela Maria Hartnett, MBE (born September 1968) is an English chef. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay who was made famous by her appearances on British television, she was Chef-Patron at Angela Hartnett at The Connaught in London. Currently, she is Chef Patron for Murano restaurant,[3] Cafe Murano in St James's and Covent Garden, Cucina Angelina in Courchevel (France) and joint owner of Merchant's Tavern in Shoreditch.

Early life and education[]

Angela Hartnett was born in Kent to Patrick Hartnett, an Irish sailor in the Merchant Navy and Giuliana Pesci,[1] a Welsh mother whose parents had migrated from Bardi in Italy to the Welsh town of Ferndale. Her father died when she was seven years old. Her mother Giuliana moved the young family (older brother and younger sister) to Upminster to be closer to both sets of grandparents, where they were brought up by their Italian maternal grandmother whilst Giuliana worked long hours as a dinner lady and nanny. At 18 Hartnett went to Italy for a year to work as an au pair before graduating with a degree in History at Cambridge Polytechnic.[4][5]

Career[]

Starting relatively late in her chosen career path, she learned on the job at a hotel in Cambridge, then at the Sandy Lane Hotel restaurant in Barbados.[5][6]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] In 2004, she netted her first Michelin star.[8] In the 2007 New Year Honours, she was awarded an MBE for Services to the Hospitality Industry.[9] Also in 2007, she opened Cielo, a Ramsay Group restaurant in Boca Raton.[10] She made her first television appearance in the first series of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen.[7] In 2015, Angela took part in the final episode, and oversaw the final task for MasterChef UK.

The Murano in 2010

Just before The Connaught Hotel closed for restoration in mid-2007, Hartnett published her first book "Cucina: Three Generations of Italian Family Cooking;"; while it was closed she was seen on BBC's Kitchen Criminals and . Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd agreed to cease their contract with The Connaught Hotel in September 2007, and in August 2008 Hartnett launched Murano, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Mayfair.[4][11] Murano has subsequently been awarded one Michelin star and is the holder of 4 AA Rosettes.

Since then Angela Hartnett opened Cafe Murano, a more relaxed version of Murano in St James in November 2013 and a further site in Covent Garden in July 2015, alongside Pastificio, a deli-cafe, wine bar and modern pasta factory, making fresh pasta for the restaurants every four hours.

In 2013, Merchant's Tavern was also opened as the result of a collaboration between Hartnett, Neil Borthwick and Canteen founders Dominic Lake and Patrick Clayton-Malone.

From January to March 2016, Hartnett presented Tomorrow’s Food alongside Dara Ó Briain, Chris Bavin and Dr Shini Somara. The BBC One show looks at the cutting-edge technologies and produce appearing in farms, supermarkets, kitchens and restaurants around the world, and how this is transforming the way we grow, buy and eat our food.[12]

In 2020, Hartnett joined Bavin and Mary Berry as a judge on the BBC One reality cooking show Best Home Cook, replacing series one judge Dan Doherty.[13]

Personal life[]

Hartnett is married to Neil Borthwick, head chef of Hartnett's eatery Merchant's Tavern and former sous-chef of Phil Howard's Michelin-starred The Square,[14][15] and lives in Spitalfields with her sister, in a house owned by Hartnett and her brother.[16][17] She owned a Jack Russell called Alfie that she rescued from Battersea Dogs Home in 2007,[18] and also has a Beagle named Otis that was previously owned by her sister.[citation needed] She spends a holiday every year in Bardi,[citation needed] the town from where most of the Welsh-based Italian families can trace their roots.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007
  2. ^ "Angela Maria HARTNETT". Companies House. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Murano". www.muranolondon.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Cavendish, Lucy (2 August 2008). "Angela Hartnett: kitchen influential". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Cadwalladr, Carole (29 April 2007). "Ramsay's kitchen queen". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Angela Hartnett". UK TV Food. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Angela hartnett". Lifestyle Food. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  8. ^ "Angela Hartnett profile". Caterersearch.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  9. ^ "No. 58196". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2006. p. 17.
  10. ^ Richard Vines (13 September 2007). "Angela Hartnett Quits the Connaught, Plans New Ramsay Venture". Blooberg. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  11. ^ "Gordon Ramsay eats his own words". The Daily Telegraph. London. 20 January 2008. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  12. ^ "Tomorrow's Food- Presenter Biographies". BBC. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  13. ^ "What's on TV and radio tonight: Thursday, 2 January". The Times. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  14. ^ Day, Elizabeth (17 August 2013). "Angela Hartnett: 'The first feeling I had was shock'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  15. ^ Muston, Samuel (30 August 2013). "Book It like Beckham:". The Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Time and Place: Angela Hartnett". The Times. UK. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  17. ^ Demetriou, Danielle (25 July 2007). "My Home: Chef Angela Harnett". The Independent. UK. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  18. ^ "MYSPACE ANGELA HARTNETT, CHEF". The Observer Magazine. 30 August 2009.

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