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Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Kirsty Young

Angela Hartnett

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Desert Island Discs: Angela Hartnett

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Angela Hartnett

Angela Hartnett, chef, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.

4 Extra Debut. From Blur to Puccini. Chef Angela Hartnett shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2018.

Angela Hartnett is a chef, TV presenter and cookery writer. She holds a Michelin star and runs her own restaurants. 

Angela was born in 1968 to an Italian mother and Irish father, and her culinary career has been influenced by her Italian background and her grandmother's cooking. After studying for a history degree, Angela began work in the catering industry before joining Gordon Ramsay at his restaurant Aubergine. In 2002 she took over at the Connaught, London, as the first woman chef to run its restaurant. When it closed five years later, she moved on to open her own restaurant, Murano, in 2008. She achieved a Michelin star in both establishments and has expanded her restaurant business.

She has been a regular contributor on some of TV and radio's most popular cookery programmes. In 2007, she was awarded an MBE for Services to the Hospitality Industry.

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.

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