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Anna Haugh

Anna Haugh
Born (1980-11-06) 6 November 1980 (age 44)
Dublin, Ireland
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
  • Myrtle, Anna Haugh at Conrad Dublin
Websitewww.myrtlerestaurant.com

Anna Haugh (born 6 November 1980) is an Irish chef, restaurateur and TV personality.

Biography

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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.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5]

Media career

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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[4] in 2013 and was a chef on BBC's Ready Steady Cook[3] 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[1] 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.[6]

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.[7][8]

In 2024, Haugh opened a wine bar called The Little Sister at the chef's Myrtle restaurant in London.[9]

In early 2025, Haugh presented a fifteen-part cookery series called Anna Haugh's Big Irish Food Tour, which aired on BBC One Northern Ireland.[10]

Awards

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In 2019, Haugh won Best International Chef award at the Food & Wine Ireland awards.[3][11]

Myrtle Restaurant, located on Langton Street, London was awarded 3 AA Rosettes in 2021.[12][13][14]

Books

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  • Cooking with Anna (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024) ISBN 9781526667212

References and sources

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  1. ^ a b "Anna to cook up a storm". Echo.ie. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Irish chef's new London restaurant is a tribute to Myrtle Allen | The Irish World". TheIrishWorld.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Anna Haugh Wins International Chef Of The Year". Food & Wine Ireland.
  4. ^ a b "A breath of fresh Éire: Anna Haugh on her debut restaurant Myrtle". BigHospitality.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Anna Haugh recipes". BBC Food.
  6. ^ Shennan, Rhona. "Monica Galetti: why did former MasterChef judge leave show, who is replacing her, where is her restaurant?". National World. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. ^ "'She paved the way for a female judge to come in'". www.TheStaffCanteen.com.
  8. ^ ""There was this big name chef, who sadly is still alive today, he was a vile monster and he was berating his kitchen"". TheStaffCanteen.com.
  9. ^ "My Signature Dish: Anna Haugh". StirItUpMagazine.co.uk. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Celebrity guests including Katherine Ryan, Dennis Taylor, Ed Byrne, Shayne Ward, Laura Whitmore and Carl Frampton join Anna in the new 15-part series". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Awards". FoodAndWine.ie. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Myrtle Restaurant | Anna Haugh | United Kingdom". Myrtle Restaurant.
  13. ^ Kante, Sarah (4 November 2021). "The best restaurants in the country named in new awards - 'mouth-watering'". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  14. ^ "The AA announces new rosettes for SOLA, KOL, Myrtle and more..." Hot Dinners. Retrieved 10 December 2021.