Ambassadors

Lisa has been leading the kitchen brigade at Northcote since the age of 23 and is a regular face on Britain’s TV screens impressing audiences and judges alike with her skills on shows like the Great British Menu, Snackmasters, and James Martin's Saturday Morning. 

Lisa is also a passionate advocate for charities and social causes, working tirelessly to support organisations including Springboard, Hospitality Action and Action Against Hunger. In addition to her role as Chair of Judges for Craft Guild of Chefs Young National Chef of the Year, she has been a guest judge for NHS National Chef of the Year and is Chef Ambassador for Slow Food in the UK and Taste Lancashire. 

Legendary chef Michel Roux Jr was raised in Shipbourne, Kent where his father Albert Roux OBE worked as a private chef for the Cazalet family.

After deciding to follow in his father’s footsteps, he left school at 16 to start the first of several challenging apprenticeships in France and his military service before returning to London to complete more apprenticeships. 

After a stint at the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong, he returned to London once again and worked at La Tante Claire before joining the family business by taking over the running of Le Gavroche from his father in 1991. Since then, he has opened Roux at Parliament Square, Roux at The Landau, The Wigmore through his relationship with The Langham Hotel and, his business Chez Roux Ltd.

In addition to this, he has appeared on many popular prime time TV shows including BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals, the Great British Food Revival, Saturday Kitchen and Michel Roux’s French Country Kitchen.

Always keen to support and develop the hospitality industry, Michel is Co-Chairman of The Roux Scholarship, along with his cousin Alain Roux, a renowned competition for chefs under 30 who are working in the UK that gives them the opportunity to win a three-month stage at any three-star Michelin restaurant in the world, all expenses paid.