Monica GalettiOne of the best-known female chefs in the UK, Monica Galetti was born in Samoa and raised in New Zealand. After 12 years working for Michel Roux Jr. at Le Gavroche, she left in 2015 to open her own London restaurant, Mere - now ranked 7th in the Natinal Restaurant Awards. Monica is a familiar face on television as a judge on MasterChef: The Professionals (BBC2's highest rated cookery show, with consolidated average audience of 3.11 million and a 14% market share) and regularly appears on a host of television shows including Saturday Kitchen and Amazing Hotels.