Natalie Coleman Explained
Natalie Coleman |
Birth Name: | Natalie Coleman |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1983 |
Birth Place: | Hackney, London, England |
Years Active: | 2014–present |
Occupation: | Chef |
Natalie Coleman is a British chef and winner of the 2013 series of MasterChef.[1] [2] She is now the head chef of The Lamb in London[3] and won Best Pub Chef at the 2022 Great British Pub Awards.[4]
Early life
Coleman grew up in Hackney, east London,[5] and went to Chingford Foundation School, the same school that David Beckham, Harry Kane and Dwight Gayle attended.[6]
Before appearing on series 9 of the BBC cooking show MasterChef she worked as a credit controller and a part-time techno DJ.[7]
Career
Since winning MasterChef,[8] Natalie has worked stages at some of the most well known restaurants in the UK including Le Gavroche (Michel Roux Jr), Viajante (Nuno Mendes), St Johns (Fergus Henderson), The Kitchin (Tom Kitchin), L’enclume (Simon Rogan), The Berkeley Hotel (Marcus Wareing), Midsummer House (Daniel Clifford) and The Hand & Flowers (Tom Kerridge).[9] [10]
In 2014 she published her first cookbook titled Winning Recipes: For Every Day.[11]
In May 2019 she was appointed to oversee the menu of a new restaurant Hello Darling which opened next to the Old Vic Theatre in London.[12]
She has been Head Chef at The Oyster Shed in the City of London since November 2021.[13] In 2022 she won Best Pub Chef at the Great British Pub Awards.[14]
In 2023 she won her first AA Rossette for the Oyster Shed followed by Young's Best Food Pub of the year 2023.
Publications
- Winning Recipes: For Every Day (2014)[15]
Coleman has also co-authored:
- MasterChef the Finalists cookbook with fellow MasterChef runners-up Dale Williams and Larkin Cen, (2014)
- MasterChef Ordinary to Extraordinary (2018)
Notes and References
- Web site: MasterChef: Natalie Coleman wins with scotch egg dish, 2 May 2013. BBC.
- News: Hackney DJ Natalie Coleman on winning Masterchef, 3 May 2013. BBC News.
- Web site: Communications . Propeller . The Oyster Shed . 2023-01-24 . The Oyster Shed . en-US.
- Web site: morningadvertiser.co.uk . Meet the winner: Best Pub Chef sponsored by Booker/Makro – Natalie Coleman, the Oyster Shed, City of London . 2023-01-24 . morningadvertiser.co.uk . en-GB.
- Web site: BenLOTI . 2014-10-25 . LDNER #89 NATALIE COLEMAN . 2023-06-03 . London On The Inside . en-GB.
- Web site: 2013-05-03 . MasterChef winner says Chingford is 'fantastic' . 2023-06-03 . This Is Local London . en.
- Web site: 2013-05-03 . The girl from Hackney done good: DJ Natalie Coleman crowned winner of . 2023-06-03 . The Independent . en.
- Web site: Jane Devonshire was winner of MasterChef in 2013. BBC.
- Web site: BBC One - MasterChef - Natalie Coleman . 2023-01-24 . BBC . en-GB.
- Web site: Gaspar . Clara . 2020-03-11 . Masterchef winner Natalie Coleman on food, life and music in Hackney . 2023-06-03 . Hackney Post . en-GB.
- Web site: Banks . Scott . 2021-03-02 . From Michelin stars to TV stardom: What happened to all the MasterChef winners . 2023-06-03 . KentLive . en.
- Web site: MasterChef-winner-Natalie-Coleman-to-oversee-Hello-Darling-restaurant, 18 April 2019. Big Hospitality.
- Web site: Communications . Propeller . 2022-02-18 . Rochecomm . 2023-01-24 . Rochecomm . en.
- Web site: Communications . Propeller . ollieg . 2022-10-13 . Sit Down With Natalie Coleman . 2023-01-24 . Young & Co's Brewery, P.L.C . en-US.
- Book: WINNING RECIPES by Natalie Coleman, 2 October 2014. Quercus. 17 January 2019. 9781848666214. Coleman. Natalie.