The Kansas City-born restaurateur and pit master, who owns London barbecue joint Prairie Fire, on memories of White Castle burgers, and starting out as a prep chef at just 13.
The chef patron of The Harbour Café in Elie, Fife, on dining at The French Laundry, cooking for Raymond Blanc, and the importance of working in a restaurant you enjoy.
The head chef of Spring at Somerset House on her love of Christmas dinner, childhood aspirations of being a PE teacher, and struggling to impress her six-year-old niece with pasta.
The co-owner of all-day café Gastrono-me in Bury St Edmunds on her admiration of Asma Khan, watching MasterChef Australia, and why there's no place for machismo in her kitchen.