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Angela Hartnett

4 Extra Debut. From Blur to Puccini. Chef Angela Hartnett shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2018.

Angela Hartnett is a chef, TV presenter and cookery writer. She holds a Michelin star and runs her own restaurants.

Angela was born in 1968 to an Italian mother and Irish father, and her culinary career has been influenced by her Italian background and her grandmother's cooking. After studying for a history degree, Angela began work in the catering industry before joining Gordon Ramsay at his restaurant Aubergine. In 2002 she took over at the Connaught, London, as the first woman chef to run its restaurant. When it closed five years later, she moved on to open her own restaurant, Murano, in 2008. She achieved a Michelin star in both establishments and has expanded her restaurant business.

She has been a regular contributor on some of TV and radio's most popular cookery programmes. In 2007, she was awarded an MBE for Services to the Hospitality Industry.

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2018.

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35 minutes

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Fri 19 Jan 2018 09:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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Music Played

  • The Killers

    Mr Brightside

    • Hot Fuss.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Bobby Womack

    Across 110th Street

    • Looking for a Love.
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 9.

  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

    • Glittering Prize.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Blur

    Country House

    • The Great Escape.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Jackson Sisters

      I Believe in Miracles

      • Into the Groove.
      • Polydor.
      • 6.

  • Burt Bacharach

    What the World Needs Now Is Love

    • Reach Out.
    • Polydor.
    • 5.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun Dorma

    Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Nessun Dorma.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Aretha Franklin & George Michael

    I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

    • Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael.
    • Epic.
    • 2.

  • BOOK CHOICE

    Emma by Jane Austen

  • LUXURY ITEM

    Face cream

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Angela Hartnett
Producer Sarah Taylor

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Jan 2018 11:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 19 Jan 2018 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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