Monica Galetti

Monica Galetti
Born Monica Fa'afiti
1975/1976
Samoa
Spouse(s) David Galetti

Monica Galetti (née Fa'afiti, born 1975/1976) is a Samoan-born New Zealand chef who is based in London, England.[1][2]

Early life

Galetti was born in Samoa, and was initially raised by two aunts as her mother had moved to Auckland, New Zealand, for work.[3] At the age of eight, Galetti moved from Samoa to Wellington, New Zealand, and lived there with her parents and five siblings.[4][5][6] In the early 1990s, she studied for a diploma in hospitality at Central Institute of Technology, Upper Hutt.[6]

Career

After completing her studies, Galetti worked at Lower Hutt restaurant Timothy's. The owner sent her to cooking competitions in Australia, America and Europe, and she began to look for a position in London by sending her CV to top restaurateurs. The first offer she received was from Michel Roux Jr - a beginning position as first commis at his two-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Gavroche, well below her position in Wellington as chef de partie.[6] However, she accepted the offer and moved to London in 1999. She worked rapidly through the sections of the kitchen and became senior sous-chef, a position she held until 2015.[7][8][9] She was the first woman to hold such a senior position at the restaurant.[6]

While working for Roux, she launched, and was Head Chef of, the restaurant Le Gavroche des Tropiques in Mauritius.[10]

She has been a judge on the BBC series MasterChef: The Professionals since 2009, as well as a presenter on other food-related television programmes.[11]

It has been announced that along with her husband David she will be opening a new restaurant in London in January 2017 called 'Mere'. This has been achieved with backing from WSH chairman Alastair Storey.[12]

Galetti serves Samoa as its UK Tourism Ambassador.[2]

Publications

Personal life

In 2004, Galetti married French-born sommelier David Galetti, the Head Sommelier at Le Gavroche.[14] They have one daughter, Anais Galetti, who was born in 2006.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "'I'm not Masterchef Monica all the time!' Ferocious, frank and uncompromising on TV, Monica Galetti says she's a big softie really". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  2. 1 2 "Chef Monica Galetti - MasterChef Elite". www.samoafood.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  3. 1 2 "Kiwi chef: Moving from Samoa to NZ was the saddest time of my life". New Zealand Herald. 2014-06-17. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  4. ↑ "My Secret Life: Monica Galetti, chef, 35". The Independent. 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  5. ↑ "Chef Monica Galetti on Samoa, Sean Connery, and her life in travel | Loop Samoa". www.loopsamoa.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Jewell, Stephen (2011-03-26). "Monica Galetti: Kitchen mistress". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  7. ↑ "Le Gavroche - The Team". www.le-gavroche.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  8. ↑ Rayner, Jay (2011-01-22). "Michel Roux Jr and Monica Galetti: master and protege". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  9. ↑ https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/356457/masterchefs-monica-galetti-leaves-le-gavroche. Retrieved 2016-10-24. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Strictly come cooking with Masterchef's Monica Galetti". Evening Standard. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  11. ↑ BBC Two - MasterChef: The Professionals - Episode guide
  12. ↑ https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/368752/monica-galetti-to-open-mere-in-january-2017
  13. ↑ "Chef live chat: Monica Galetti". The Guardian. 2012-10-16. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  14. ↑ "Le Gavroche - The Team".

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