‘No BS, put career first to do well,’ says Monica Galetti – but not all female chefs agree, and fear promising talent will be put off
It doesn’t, to borrow a well-known phrase from MasterChef, get much tougher than this. Or at least that is what chef, presenter and judge of MasterChef: The Professionals, Monica Galetti, would have aspiring female chefs believe.
She appears to have done her best to dampen the enthusiasm of any young woman minded to follow in her footsteps. Ahead of the launch of the new series of The Professionals on Tuesday, she told the Radio Times that women who were really serious about a successful career in a professional kitchen should probably think about putting off any thoughts of having a family – or possibly even a boyfriend.
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