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Angela Hartnett
Chef

Angela Hartnett

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Italian-influenced cooking at Murano and other London restaurants.

Cucina · Café Murano

Born
September 1968
Birthplace
Canterbury

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Angela Hartnett

English chef whose restaurant work draws on professional training and her family’s Italian food traditions. Her career developed through Gordon Ramsay’s kitchens before she opened Murano.

Early life

Family cooking

Raised partly in Upminster after her father’s death, she learned from her Italian grandmother. She spent a year in Italy before studying history at Cambridge Polytechnic.

Career

  1. 1994

    Aubergine

    Joined Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant after a trial.

  2. 2004

    Michelin recognition

    Earned her first star at the Connaught.

  3. 2008

    Murano

    Opened her Mayfair restaurant.

Selected work

Cucina

Published a book centred on three generations of family cooking.

Café Murano

Introduced a more informal restaurant in St James’s.

Beyond work

Home life

Married fellow chef Neil Borthwick and has cared for rescue dogs. She maintains family connections with Bardi in northern Italy.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: thefoodplace.co.uk. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.