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Angela Maria Hartnett (born September 1968) is an English chef. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay, she was Chef at Angela Hartnett at the Connaught in London. Currently, she is Chef-Patron for Murano in Mayfair; Café Murano in Bermondsey, Covent Garden, Marylebone and St James's; and Cucina Angelina in Courchevel (France). In 2004, she gained her first Michelin star.
Hartnett's mother moved the young family (older brother and younger sister) to Upminster in Outer London to be closer to both sets of grandparents. Their Italian maternal grandmother cared for the children whilst Giuliana worked long hours as a lunch lady and nanny. At 18, Hartnett went to Italy Gap year to work as an au pair before graduating with a degree in history at Cambridge Polytechnic.
In 2003, Hartnett got the 'Best Newcomer Award' and the SquareMeal Guides' BMW Best New Restaurant award for the two restaurants at the Connaught. In 2004, she gained her first Michelin star. In 2007, she opened Cielo, a Ramsay Group restaurant in Boca Raton. She made her first television appearance in the first series of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen. In 2015, Angela took part in the final episode, and oversaw the final task for MasterChef UK. Just before the Connaught hotel closed for restoration in mid-2007, Hartnett published her first book, Cucina: Three Generations of Italian Family Cooking; while it was closed she was seen on BBC's Kitchen Criminals and Take on the Takeaway. Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd agreed to cease their contract with the Connaught Hotel in September 2007, and in August 2008 Hartnett launched Murano, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Mayfair. Murano was awarded a Michelin star and four . She created Cafe Murano, a more relaxed setting, in St James in November 2013 and a further site in Covent Garden in July 2015, alongside Pastificio, a deli-cafe, wine bar and pasta factory, making Pasta for the restaurants every four hours. In 2013 she opened Merchant's Tavern in collaboration with Neil Borthwick and Canteen founders Dominic Lake and Patrick Clayton-Malone.
From January to March 2016, Hartnett presented Tomorrow’s Food alongside Dara Ó Briain, Chris Bavin and Dr Shini Somara. The BBC One show looks at the Food technology appearing in farms, supermarkets, kitchens and restaurants around the world, and how this is transforming the way we grow, buy and eat our food. In 2020, Hartnett joined Bavin and Mary Berry as a judge on the BBC One reality cooking show Best Home Cook, replacing series one judge Dan Doherty.
Hartnett was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for services to the hospitality industry and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the hospitality industry and to the National Health Service during the COVID-19 response.
For some years she has been a judge for the BBC Food and Farming Awards. One of her fellow judges, journalist Sheila Dillon, profiled her in "A Life Through Food" on The Food Programme in January 2022. In 2018 Hartnett was profiled in Maya Gallus's documentary .Isabel Teotonio, "New documentary the Heat puts spotlight on female chefs in male-dominated industry". Toronto Star, April 24, 2018. In 2022, Hartnett launched the podcast Dish with television and radio personality Nick Grimshaw in partnership with Waitrose.
The third Cafe Murano location opened in Bermondsey in 2019 and a fourth Cafe Murano location opened in Marylebone in 2025.
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