During her childhood, Angela’s Italian grandmother and mother instilled in her an appreciation and love of good food, and after completing a degree in Modern History at Cambridge Polytechnic she secured her first job in Barbados at the Sandy Lane hotel.

On returning to the UK, Angela joined the young team at Aubergine, cooking under Gordon Ramsay. Working alongside a predominantly male brigade, who predicted she would last no more than a week, Angela soon proved her worth during a gruelling year and saw the restaurant achieve its first Michelin star.

During her childhood, Angela’s Italian grandmother and mother instilled in her an appreciation and love of good food, and after completing a degree in Modern History at Cambridge Polytechnic she secured her first job in Barbados at the Sandy Lane hotel.

On returning to the UK, Angela joined the young team at Aubergine, cooking under Gordon Ramsay. Working alongside a predominantly male brigade, who predicted she would last no more than a week, Angela soon proved her worth during a gruelling year and saw the restaurant achieve its first Michelin star.

Six months followed in the kitchens of Zafferano before moving to L’Oranger where she worked under the watchful eye of Marcus Wareing climbing the ranks to become sous-chef before moving with Marcus to Pétrus. Within seven months of it opening she had become Head Chef and helped the restaurant achieve a Michelin star. After launching Amaryllis in Scotland in April 2001, Angela turned her attention to the launch of Gordon Ramsay’s Verre in Dubai.

In 2002 she returned to England to open ‘MENU’ and ‘The Grill Room’ at The Connaught, where she combines a modern European menu with an Italian influence, while continuing the classicism long enjoyed by Connaught diners.

In 2003 she won the ‘Best Newcomer Award’ at Hotel and Restaurant Awards and the Square Meal Guides’ BMW Best New Restaurant award and in 2004 she won her first Michelin star.

Angela won a legion of new fans appearing alongside her mentor Gordon Ramsay in the highly successful series 'Hell’s Kitchen’.