Anna Haugh

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 LEcrivain 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 starwinning head chef and cofounder of Ballymaloe House Haughs first documented role in television was in BBCs The Stress Test 2004 while working at Pied à Terre with Shane Osborn She appeared as a guest judge on Gordon Ramseys US show Hells Kitchen in 2013 and was a chef on BBCs Ready Steady Cook presented by Rylan ClarkNeal Haugh copresented two seasons of BBCs 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 4s 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 BBCs Celebrity Masterchef in the 11th episode Series 17 which was broadcast in September 2022 The contestants in the episode were Lisa Snowdon Kitty ScottClaus 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 cohost of Grilled a podcast by The Staff Canteen where she interviewed a number of hospitality personalities including presenter Leyla Kazim and Saturday Kitchens Matt Tebbutt In 2024 Haugh will open a wine bar called The Little Sister at the chefs 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 highend 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