Anna Haugh

Anna Haugh adalah koki, pemilik restoran, dan tokoh TV Irlandia. Lahir di Dublin, Haugh dibesarkan di Tallaght. Dia bersekolah di Presentation Secondary School di Terenure dan mengikuti kursus memasak profesional di TU Dublin School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology di Dublin. Dia memulai karirnya di kota, dengan Derry Clarke dari L'Ecrivain. Haugh kemudian pindah ke London tempat dia bekerja Philip Howard, Shane Osborn dan Gordon Ramsay. Haugh juga bekerja dengan Gualtiero Marchesi di Paris. Pada Mei 2019, ia mendirikan Restoran Myrtle di Chelsea, London, dinamai Myrtle Allen, kepala koki pemenang bintang Michelin Irlandia dan salah satu pendiri Ballymaloe House. Peran Haugh yang pertama kali didokumentasikan di televisi adalah di The Stress Test BBC (2004) saat bekerja di Pied à Terre bersama Shane Osborn. Dia muncul sebagai juri tamu di acara Gordon Ramsey di AS, Hell's Kitchen pada tahun 2013 dan menjadi koki di Ready Steady Cook BBC yang dibawakan oleh Rylan Clark-Neal. Haugh ikut membawakan dua musim Royal Recipes BBC bersama Michael Buerk, pernah tampil sebagai juri tamu di Masterchef bersama John Torode dan Gregg Wallace, dan sebagai tamu di Sunday Brunch bersama Simon Rimmer dan Tim Lovejoy. Dia juga tampil sebagai tamu di Tastemade bersama Numra Siddiqui. Pada tahun 2020 Anna berkompetisi dan memenangkan salah satu episode Snackmasters Channel 4 melawan koki berbintang Michelin, Aktar Islam. Anna secara teratur muncul di Saturday Kitchen dan menjadi koki tetap di Morning Live bersama Kym Marsh dan Gethin Jones. Haugh adalah koki tamu yang menyiapkan tantangan hidangan untuk para kontestan di Celebrity Masterchef BBC, di episode ke-11 (Seri 17) yang disiarkan pada September 2022. Kontestan dalam episode tersebut adalah Lisa Snowdon, Kitty Scott-Claus, Katya Jones dan Ryan Thomas. Pada tahun 2022, Haugh menggantikan Monica Galetti sebagai juri Masterchef: The Professionals, hanya untuk seri kelima belas. Pada bulan Maret 2023, Anna menjadi salah satu pembawa acara Grilled, podcast oleh The Staff Canteen, di mana dia mewawancarai sejumlah tokoh perhotelan termasuk presenter Leyla Kazim dan Matt Tebbutt dari Saturday Kitchen. Pada tahun 2024, Haugh akan membuka bar anggur bernama The Little Sister di restoran milik koki Myrtle di London. Pada tahun 2023, selama Seri 5 Episode 1 podcast Grilled oleh The Staff Canteen, Anna mengungkapkan bahwa Monica Galetti adalah juri koki TV favoritnya yang menjelaskan bahwa dia jujur ​​​​pada dirinya sendiri, dan membuka jalan bagi wanita di industri dan kompetisi kelas atas. Menjelaskan mengapa Monica mempengaruhinya, Anna berkata: "Itu adalah hal yang besar yang harus dipenuhi tetapi dia membuka jalan bagi hakim perempuan untuk masuk dan itu tidak boleh dianggap remeh." Pada tahun 2019, Haugh memenangkan penghargaan Koki Internasional Terbaik di FOOD AND WINE Awards. Myrtle Restaurant, yang terletak di Langton Street, London dianugerahi 3 AA Rosettes pada tahun 2021.

Anna Haugh is an Irish chef, restaurateur and TV personality. Born in Dublin, Haugh grew up in Tallaght. She attended Presentation Secondary School in Terenure and trained on a professional cookery course at the TU Dublin School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology in Dublin. She began her career in the city, with Derry Clarke of L'Ecrivain. Haugh then moved to London where she worked with Philip Howard, Shane Osborn and Gordon Ramsay. Haugh also worked with Gualtiero Marchesi in Paris. In May 2019, she founded the Myrtle Restaurant in Chelsea, London, named after Myrtle Allen, Irish Michelin star-winning head chef and co-founder of Ballymaloe House. Haugh's first documented role in television was in BBC's The Stress Test (2004) while working at Pied à Terre with Shane Osborn. She appeared as a guest judge on Gordon Ramsey's U.S. show Hell's Kitchen in 2013 and was a chef on BBC's Ready Steady Cook presented by Rylan Clark-Neal. Haugh co-presented two seasons of BBC's Royal Recipes with Michael Buerk, has appeared as a guest judge on Masterchef with John Torode and Gregg Wallace and as a guest on Sunday Brunch with Simon Rimmer and Tim Lovejoy. She has also appeared as a guest on Tastemade with Numra Siddiqui. In 2020 Anna competed in and won an episode of Channel 4's Snackmasters against Michelin starred chef Aktar Islam. Anna regularly appears on Saturday Kitchen and is a resident chef on Morning Live with Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones. Haugh was the guest chef who set the dish challenges for the contestants on the BBC's Celebrity Masterchef, in the 11th episode (Series 17) which was broadcast in September 2022. The contestants in the episode were Lisa Snowdon, Kitty Scott-Claus, Katya Jones and Ryan Thomas. In 2022, Haugh replaced Monica Galetti as a judge on Masterchef: The Professionals, for the fifteenth series only. In March 2023, Anna was co-host of Grilled, a podcast by The Staff Canteen, where she interviewed a number of hospitality personalities including presenter Leyla Kazim and Saturday Kitchen's Matt Tebbutt. In 2024, Haugh will open a wine bar called The Little Sister at the chef's Myrtle restaurant in London. In 2023, during Series 5 Episode 1 of the Grilled podcast by The Staff Canteen, Anna revealed Monica Galetti was her favourite TV chef judge explaining that she was true to herself, and paved the way for women in the industry and high-end competitions. Explaining why Monica influenced her, Anna said: "It was big shoes to fill but she paved the way for a female judge to come in and it should not be something to be taken for granted." In 2019, Haugh won Best International Chef award at the FOOD AND WINE Awards. Myrtle Restaurant, located on Langton Street, London was awarded 3 AA Rosettes in 2021.