How hard is it to be a chef and a mother with young children?

Five professional cooks discuss how having kids changed their lives, in the kitchen and at home

Margot, 52, co-owns Rochelle Canteen and catering company Arnold & Henderson in Shoreditch, east London. She and husband Fergus Henderson have three children together: Hector, 22, Owen, 21 and Francis, 17

The chefs had to understand part of their job was having nippers around their feet – they brought joy to the kitchen

I felt really energetic while pregnant. It gave me a personal drive which I’d lacked before

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It sometimes upsets me that our daughters are very close to Gundeep now – he’s both their dad and mum most of the time

Now I have someone who depends on me, I want to make sure I do a good job