"began working as a chef after attending The French Culinary Institute, (Pastry Arts) in 2004 and graduating at the top of her class. She then went to work at Saveur magazine in the test kitchens as well as in editorial. She also worked at Slow Food USA, where she founded their first inner city Slow Food in Schools program, ""Harvest Time in Harlem"". A move to London led her to restaurants, where she worked at Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, including Maze, Petrus, Gordon Ramsay Restaurant, Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's and The Boxwood Café. She has also completed ""stages"" in the restaurants"
"was only the guy at the top, Roger Wood, who didn't. As far as I know, he still has not eaten at Pétrus and I would not welcome him here now."" Pétrus (restaurant) Pétrus is a restaurant in London, which serves Modern French cuisine. It is located in Kinnerton Street, Belgravia and is part of Gordon Ramsay restaurants owned by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's Kavalake Limited. It has held one Michelin star since 2011, and five AA Rosettes. The current Pétrus restaurant is located in 1 Kinnerton Street, Belgravia, London, where it was opened on 29 March 2010 under Head"
"Pétrus (restaurant) Pétrus is a restaurant in London, which serves Modern French cuisine. It is located in Kinnerton Street, Belgravia and is part of Gordon Ramsay restaurants owned by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's Kavalake Limited. It has held one Michelin star since 2011, and five AA Rosettes. The current Pétrus restaurant is located in 1 Kinnerton Street, Belgravia, London, where it was opened on 29 March 2010 under Head Chef Sean Burbidge. He had worked in other Gordon Ramsay restaurants including Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and Gordon Ramsay au Trianon, but it is his first position as head chef. Currently head"
"Restaurant Group The Restaurant Group plc is a British chain of restaurants and public houses. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company was founded by Matthew Brown from Chatteris in 1987 as City Centre Restaurants plc with the objective of owning and managing the Garfunkel's Restaurant chain. In the late 1980s the company bought the Mexican foodchain Chi Chi's and renamed it Chiquito. Then in 1995 it opened its first Frankie & Benny's in Leicester. In January 2004 the company changed its name to the Restaurant Group plc. In February 2004 it made an unsuccessful bid for"
"Pure (fast food chain) Pure is a fast food chain based in London, United Kingdom. It serves sandwiches, drinks and breakfast items. The company was founded by Spencer Craig & Edward Bentley, with the first Pure store opening in Beak Street, Soho, in 2009. In 2015, Pure was included in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 as one of the fastest growing and profitable companies of 2015 with a 65% annual sales rise over 3 years. In 2016 Whitbread, the FTSE 100 leisure group behind Premier Inn and Costa Coffee, bought a 49 per cent stake in the company, acquired"
"to the hotel, serving his signature dish of pig’s trotter stuffed with morel mushrooms. The original Chelsea site was taken over by Gordon Ramsay, who opened the signature Restaurant Gordon Ramsay there. Replaced at the hotel in 2003 by the Gordon Ramsay-run ""Boxwood Café"", after its closure Koffmann returned in April 2010 to open the signature ""Koffmann's"" restaurant at the hotel. Koffmann's at The Berkeley closed on 31 December 2016. Marcus Wareing heads the Michelin 1 star-rated ""Marcus"", which in 2010 replaced Gordon Ramsay's Michelin-starred Pétrus restaurant. The Collins Room is home to the Pret a Portea, and serves afternoon"
"The legal case ended in Ramsay and Wareing paying an out-of-court settlement to the Restaurant group. Ramsay and Wareing worked together to open Pétrus in 1999, with Wareing becoming head chef and operating the restaurant on behalf of Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH), at 33 St James's Street, London. The name came from the French wine Pétrus, which was Ramsay's and Wareing's favourite. Wareing promptly regained the Michelin star he had previously held, with Pétrus being named as a one star restaurant seven months after opening. The restaurant was moved into the Berkeley Hotel in 2003 where it replaced Pierre Koffmann's"
"Bella Italia Bella Italia (formerly known as Bella Pasta) is a chain of over 90 restaurants offering dishes inspired by Italian cuisine in the United Kingdom. The chain is part of the Casual Dining Group, who also own Café Rouge and Las Iguanas. Bella Italia started life as two small restaurant chains - Pastificio and Pizzaland - which were part of the Grand Metropolitan group. In 1990, Michael Guthrie (former Chairman of Mecca Leisure Group) formed BrightReasons and bought the Pizzaland and Pastificio chains from Grand Metropolitan for £20m in February 1991, rebranding Pastificio to Bella Pasta in the process."
"Premier Foods Premier Foods plc is a British food manufacturer headquartered in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. The group owns many well-known brands, including Mr Kipling, Ambrosia, Angel Delight, Homepride cooking sauces, Sharwood's, Loyd Grossman sauces, Oxo, Bisto and Batchelors. Premier Foods also produce cakes under the Cadbury's name, using the brand under licence. Premier Foods primarily competes with Unilever, Associated British Foods, 2 Sisters Food Group, Greencore and Interlink. The company was founded by Harry Solomon and David Thompson in London in 1975 as"
"Punch Taverns Punch Taverns is a pub and bar operator in the United Kingdom, with around 1,300 leased pubs. It is headquartered in the traditional brewing centre of Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index until its sale in 2016 for £403m to a private equity fund, Patron Capital, acting in concert with Heineken International who acquired 1,900 of Punch's pubs as part of the deal. The company was established by former PizzaExpress head Hugh Osmond and Café Rouge founder Roger Myers in 1997 when they"
"going solo, having opened and operated Pétrus at The Berkeley Hotel on behalf of Gordon Ramsay Holdings since 2003. With the name Pétrus owned by Gordon Ramsay Holdings, industry sources suggested it was likely to transfer to another restaurant in the group with the former La Noisette site identified as the most likely. In April 2010, Jason Atherton, executive chef of Maze restaurants worldwide, resigned to open his own venue in Mayfair. On 19 October 2010, the company Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited announced that Chris Hutcheson had left his position as CEO of Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd. Shortly after, Ramsay"
"poisoned (21 of whom were hospitalized) after eating salmonella-contaminated cakes served in a number of Caffè Neros in Warsaw, Cracow and Wroclaw. Caffè Nero Caffè Nero (officially ""Caffè Nero Group Ltd"") is a British European style coffee house brand headquartered in London, England. It was founded in 1990 by Ian Semp and the original branch was at 66 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington. Currently, the company runs more than 825 coffee houses in nine countries: the UK, Ireland, Poland, Cyprus, Croatia, Turkey, the UAE, Oman, and the United States. Caffè Nero's parent company is based in Luxembourg. ""Caffè Nero"" is"
"in order to unveil the ball of milk ice cream within, and a fennel crème brûlée served with Alphonso mango. The wine list starts from around £25, and moves up to a 1961 magnum of Pétrus at £39,000. Pétrus was opened in March 1999 as a joint venture between chef Gordon Ramsay and his father-in-law Chris Hutcheson as Ramsay's second restaurant after Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea. It was opened at 33 St James's Street, London, on 22 March 1999 under head chef Marcus Wareing. The name came from the French wine Pétrus, which was Ramsay's and Wareing's favourite. Whilst"
"book """"Cucina: Three Generations of Italian Family Cooking;""""; while it was 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, and in August 2008 Hartnett launched Murano, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Mayfair. 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,"
"As of 2015, it has £4.8 billion in committed capital. TDR Capital TDR Capital is a British private equity firm headquartered in London. TDR Capital was co-founded in 2002 by Manjit Dale and Stephen Robertson. It is located on Bentinck Street in Marylebone, central London. In 2006, it was a large shareholder of the Gondola Group, which owned PizzaExpress. In September 2013, TDR acquired the David Lloyd Leisure fitness chain for £750 million. In 2014 they acquired 85% of the developers Keepmoat. The remaining 15% was acquired by Sun Capital Partners (UK). In March 2015, it negotiated to acquire LeasePlan."
"worth of food gratis. In 2003, Gordon Ramsay Holdings took over location was used to be used by the restaurant Vong at The Berkeley hotel in Knightsbridge, London. Ramsay signalled his intention to move Wareing and Pétrus into the location after the arrangements between chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten and the Savoy Group were not renewed. This resulted in both restaurants at The Berkeley coming under Ramsay's control. The restaurant was one of those run by Ramsay that he imposed a smoking ban in from 2004 onwards. In May 2008, it was announced that the hotel intended to work directly with Wareing"
"PizzaExpress PizzaExpress is a restaurant group with over 470 restaurants across the United Kingdom and 100 overseas in Europe, Hong Kong, China, India and the Middle East. It was founded in 1965 by Peter Boizot. In July 2014 the group was sold to the China-based private equity firm Hony Capital in a deal worth £900 million ($1.54 billion). PizzaExpress celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. Founded in 1965 by Peter Boizot, PizzaExpress opened its first restaurant in London's Wardour Street. Inspired by a trip to Italy, Boizot brought back to London a pizza oven from Naples and a chef from"
"Grayson Perry, Nicole Kidman, Damon Albarn and Bob Geldof. The pâtisserie also made Lily Allen's wedding cake, and hosted Alexander McQueen's 25th birthday party. Maison Bertaux Maison Bertaux is a French pâtisserie in Greek Street, Soho, London. The shop began in 1871, making it the oldest pâtisserie in London. The current owner is Michele Wade. Maison Bertaux was founded in 1871 by a French communard from Paris named Monsieur Bertaux. It is situated at 28 Greek Street, Soho, London, next door to the Coach and Horses pub; Maison Bertaux is the oldest pâtisserie shop in London. It is no accident"
"TDR Capital TDR Capital is a British private equity firm headquartered in London. TDR Capital was co-founded in 2002 by Manjit Dale and Stephen Robertson. It is located on Bentinck Street in Marylebone, central London. In 2006, it was a large shareholder of the Gondola Group, which owned PizzaExpress. In September 2013, TDR acquired the David Lloyd Leisure fitness chain for £750 million. In 2014 they acquired 85% of the developers Keepmoat. The remaining 15% was acquired by Sun Capital Partners (UK). In March 2015, it negotiated to acquire LeasePlan. In October 2015, they acquired a stake in Euro Garages."
"Growth Fund to expand to a number of different locations, including locations in London which would become the chain's first stores outside the North West. In June 2013, the chain opened two stores in London at Paddington Station and Cowcross Street. Barburrito Barburrito is a British chain of Mexican style fast food restaurants, focusing primarily on burritos. As of 2019, the chain operates twenty one stores across eleven towns and cities in the United Kingdom, growing from 14 stores across eight towns and cities in June 2016. Barburrito was founded by Morgan Davies and Paul Kilpatrick in 2005, with its"
"Forte Group Forte Group plc was a British hotel and restaurant company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it was acquired by Granada plc. Its head office was in the London Borough of Camden. Charles Forte (26 November 1908 – 28 February 2007) was a British/Italian caterer and hotelier who founded the leisure and hotels conglomerate that ultimately became Forte Group. Charles Forte, funded by his two business partners, Eric Hartwell and Sidney Hartwell set up his first ""milk bar"" on Regent Street in London in 1935 as"
"group Maybourne Hotel Group. In 2007 Claridge's gained worldwide media coverage by introducing a Water Menu containing bottled waters sourced globally and from the United Kingdom, such as Malmberg and Iskilde. The Maybourne Hotel Group includes two other five-star luxury hotels in London, The Berkeley and The Connaught. Claridge's replaced Gordon Ramsay's restaurant (see below) with Fera at Claridge's in 2014. Fera is run by Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan, who previously ran L'Enclume in Cumbria, England. In March 2015, Fera was named in the Guardian one of the top hottest places, people and trends in food. Fera earned a Michelin"
"at its branches in Westfield and Mayfair. Caffe Concerto serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as afternoon tea Caffè Concerto Caffè Concerto is a European style restaurant brand with its headquarters in London, England. It was founded in 1996 by Marco Costa and the original branch was on Regent Street . Currently, the company runs 16 restaurants in London and is established in two countries: UK and the UAE. In 2013, Caffe Concerto was voted fastest growing company by Real Business Insider Caffe Concerto serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as afternoon tea . It is well known"
"Quo Vadis (restaurant) Quo Vadis is a restaurant and private club in Soho, London. It primarily serves modern British food. It was founded in 1926 by an Italian named Pepino Leoni and has passed through numerous owners since then, including celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, and is currently owned by Sam and Eddie Hart, also the owners of Barrafina. The restaurant is named after the Latin phrase ""Quo vadis?"", meaning ""Where are you going?"" The restaurant occupies numbers 26–29 Dean Street. Nos. 26–8 form a uniform group built in by the carpenter John Nolloth, of St James's, and No. 29"
"seasonal ingredients, advertising that their food is freshly made every day in the kitchen at each store. Most orders are delivered by bicycle. Pure (fast food chain) Pure is a fast food chain based in London, United Kingdom. It serves sandwiches, drinks and breakfast items. The company was founded by Spencer Craig & Edward Bentley, with the first Pure store opening in Beak Street, Soho, in 2009. In 2015, Pure was included in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 as one of the fastest growing and profitable companies of 2015 with a 65% annual sales rise over 3 years. In"
"Louvre, and the Jules Verne (restaurant) on the Eiffel Tower. In France it is the second-largest provider of school meals, where state subsidies are double those of the UK. In the UK, Elior runs the catering for many well-known private schools. Elior Group Elior Group S.A. is a large French multinational commercial catering and foodservice company. It has many contracts with the UK's Ministry of Defence, such as HMNB Portsmouth. The company was founded in 1991 as Bercy Management by Francis Markus and Robert Zolade, who had worked for Jacques Borel International, a large French catering company. In 1992 it"
"from 282 restaurants, cafes and pubs and 302 shops, which have a combined area of 1.1 million sq. ft. In addition, it owns 0.4 million sq. ft. of office space (17% of rental income) and 562 rental apartments (13% of rental income). Its property interests were independently-valued at £3.64 billion at 30 September 2017. Shaftesbury plc Shaftesbury PLC is a British real estate investment trust which invests exclusively in the heart of London's West End. Its portfolio, which extends to over 14.5 acres, includes 584 restaurants, cafes, pubs and shops across 1.1 million sq. ft. which together provide 70% of"
"Benugo Benugo (benúːgoʊ) is a British catering company. It operates high street cafes, restaurants, dining spaces inside public buildings as well as in-house corporate cafes. As of March 2014, Benugo had more than 70 individual locations; most of these are in London, with some locations outside including Bath, Oxford, Edinburgh and Stirling. Benugo was founded in 1998 by brothers Ben Warner and Hugo Warner in Clerkenwell, London. Benugo signed its first public space contract at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2004, and opened a restaurant, Benugo bar and kitchen, in the British Film Institute building in 2007. In 2008"
"Barburrito Barburrito is a British chain of Mexican style fast food restaurants, focusing primarily on burritos. As of 2019, the chain operates twenty one stores across eleven towns and cities in the United Kingdom, growing from 14 stores across eight towns and cities in June 2016. Barburrito was founded by Morgan Davies and Paul Kilpatrick in 2005, with its first store opening in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester. In April 2010, the chain was operating stores in Deansgate in Manchester and Liverpool. In 2012, the company had sales of £5 million. Barburrito received an investment of £3.25 million from the Business"
"Jamie Barber Jamie Barber is a British restaurateur, founder and CEO of Hush restaurant in Mayfair, London, and the Cabana Brasilian Barbecue group. He also founded and co-owned restaurants including Villandry, Japanese restaurant Sake No Hana, and Italian casual dining brand, Kitchen Italia. Barber trained as an entertainment lawyer at media law firm Harbottle & Lewis where he acted for a clients including Sir Roger Moore. In 2000, he left Harbottle and Lewis to work with Sir Roger’s son, Geoffrey, to create a new venue, Hush, with founding shareholders including Evgeny Lebedev, Geoffrey and Sir Roger Moore. He has since"
"Stuart Gillies Stuart Gillies is an English chef and CEO of the Gordon Ramsay Group, appointed in 2016 after working as managing director for the group from 2011. After training in the UK, Gillies spent a year in Rome at the Lord Byron Hotel, and three years in Stockholm, Sweden. He then moved to Daniel's in New York City, working under the direction of Daniel Boulud. On returning to the UK, he worked at Le Caprice in London. He joined Angela Hartnett as head chef at The Connaught, before opening the Gordon Ramsay-owned Boxwood Café in May 2003. He was"
"is a jazz pianist, and produced and wrote for a band called Primitiva and was signed to Warner/Chappell Music and George Michael’s Aegean Record Label. He is the son of Martin Barber, property entrepreneur and founder of Capital & Regional Properties Jamie Barber Jamie Barber is a British restaurateur, founder and CEO of Hush restaurant in Mayfair, London, and the Cabana Brasilian Barbecue group. He also founded and co-owned restaurants including Villandry, Japanese restaurant Sake No Hana, and Italian casual dining brand, Kitchen Italia. Barber trained as an entertainment lawyer at media law firm Harbottle & Lewis where he acted"
"Prezzo (restaurant) Prezzo (""price"" in Italian) is a chain of British-owned restaurants serving food inspired by Italian cuisine in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first restaurant opened on New Oxford Street, London in November 2000. There are now more than 180 branches across the country. It is part of Prezzo Holdings, part owned by TPG Capital, which also operates the Chimichanga, Caffe Uno, MEXIco and Cleaver restaurant brands. It is one of several large Italian-inspired British restaurant chains in the UK, with competitors including Ask, Pizza Express and Strada. The first Prezzo restaurant was opened in central London by"