Becoming Michelin
Sheila Dillon speaks to women who lead some of the UK's top fine dining restaurants.
A meeting with top chef H茅l猫ne Darroze at Mayfair's Connaught Hotel leads Sheila Dillon to ask the question, why aren't there more female Michelin starred chefs?
Statistics from the Office for National Statistics suggest 37% of all chefs working in the UK are female, but when you look at the numbers leading Michelin starred restaurants, the number drops to around 8% (according to analysis by Chefs Pencil, 2022).
Includes interviews with Nigerian-born chef Adejok茅 Bakare, who in February, became the first Black woman in Britain to earn a Michelin star; chef Sally Ab茅 who has recently published her first book, "A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen" and Sarah Francis who returned her Michelin star after 8 years running The Checkers (a restaurant in Montgomery, Powys).
Plus we hear from young upcoming female fine-dining chefs about how they feel the industry is set up for women wanting to reach the top jobs.
Presented by Sheila Dillon
Produced for 大象传媒 Audio in Bristol by Natalie Donovan
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