Ravneet Gill

Ravneet Gill (born April 1991[1]) is a British pastry chef, author of The Pastry Chef's Guide,[2] activist and television presenter. In 2020 Gill replaced Prue Leith to work as the judge on Junior Bake Off[3] alongside Liam Charles and Harry Hill. She is founder and director of Countertalk - a job service and community that promotes healthy work environments in the food industry[4][5][6][1]

Ravneet Gill
BornApril 1991 (1991-04) (age 32)
NationalityBritish
OccupationPastry chef/Author/TV presenter/Activist
Years active2016–present
Known forJunior Bake Off

Gill is a food columnist for The Guardian "Feast" supplement[7] and The Daily Telegraph food supplement.[8]

She was named in CODE Quarterly's spring 2019 list of most influential women in hospitality.[9]

Career

After studying Psychology at the University of Southampton[10] then at Le Cordon Bleu she worked as pastry chef at St. John[11] before founding Countertalk.[12][13][14]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2021–present Junior Bake Off Judge N/A
2023–present Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef Judge Alongside Michel Roux Jr and Mike Reid[15]

Books
  • The Pastry Chef's Guide (HarperCollins, 2020) ISBN 9781911641513
  • Sugar, I Love You (HarperCollins, 2021) ISBN 9781911663829

References
  1. "Ravneet GILL - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. Gill, Ravneet (2 April 2020). The Pastry Chef's Guide: The Secret to Successful Baking Every Time. Pavilion Books. ISBN 9781911641513.
  3. "Pastry chef Ravneet Gill storms kitchens in the West". The Telegraph online. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. greatbritishchefs. "Countertalk: taking a stand for staff wellbeing - Great British Chefs". www.greatbritishchefs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. greatbritishchefs. "Ravneet Gill – Meet Our Contributors - Great British Chefs". www.greatbritishchefs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  6. "Countertalk - We'll be back!". countertalk.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. "Ravneet Gill | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  8. "Ravneet Gill". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  9. "CODE's 100 Most Influential Women in Hospitality 2019" (PDF). CODE Quarterly. No. 18. Spring 2019.
  10. "Ravneet Gill LinkedIn".
  11. Druckman, Charlotte (16 October 2020). "A 'Perfect' Chocolate Chip Cookie, and the Chef Who Created It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  12. "Home". Ravneet Gill. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  13. "Counter Talk: The Platform Reinventing Kitchen Recruitment". Omved Gardens. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  14. "Moving towards a more inclusive food world". Courier. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  15. "Culinary experts Ravneet Gill and Mike Reid join Michel Roux Jr as judges on Five Star Kitchen: Britain's Next Great Chef". channel4.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.


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