The Michelin-starred chef on being grumpy, passing out in the toilet, and doing the washing up at the Ford factory in Dagenham
Born in Kent, Hartnett, 53, worked with Gordon Ramsay, before launching her own restaurant, Murano in Mayfair, which attained a Michelin star. Her TV work includes MasterChef and Saturday Kitchen, and her latest book is The Weekend Cook: Good Food for Real Life. This year she was awarded an OBE for services to hospitality and to the NHS during the pandemic. She hosts the podcast Dish with Nick Grimshaw. She is married to chef Neil Borthwick and lives in London.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Procrastination.
