Marianne Lumb
Marianne Lumb is returning to the GBM kitchen after four years, having previously competed in Series 13, where she got all the way to Finals.
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Restaurant | Private Chef |
This time round she’s more determined than ever to grab the title.
Marianne’s food journey began early with her father being the village butcher. She enrolled in an architecture course at UCL, before deciding that cooking was where her true passion lay. She progressed through restaurants, to the Michelin starred Gravetye Manor, and then to become a private chef for high profile clients.
In 2013, Marianne opened London’s smallest fine dining restaurant, Restaurant Marianne, with only 14 covers, a 25 sq ft dining room and a team of three. In 2017, the restaurant came 33rd in the UK Good Food Guide Top 100, and was voted ‘Top Gastronomic experience in London’ by Harden’s guide.
After five years at the helm, Marianne returned to being a private chef, cooking and travelling in the UK, the Mediterranean, America and Australia. She is due to open her new Restaurant Pipistrelle in Leicestershire this year.
Her culinary passions are for wild and rare ingredients, from British game to English truffles.
She is reimagining the Melton Mowbray pie in a playful take on 'Private Eye,' and will be taking inspiration from classic British animation 'The Magic Roundabout.'
