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Amber Francis Great British Menu Wiki, Age

Amber Francis Biography – Amber Francis Wiki

Amber Francis is a chef and contestant on Great British Menu 2025. She was crowned Young Chef of the Year 2022 at the British Restaurant Awards and appeared on Great British Menu 2023.

Born and raised in the Bristol countryside, Amber’s formative years as a chef were spent training at The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, and working at The Ritz, where she developed in classical technique.

She has worked in many of Robin Gill’s kitchens including The Dairy, and Bermondsey Larder. In 2022 at the age of 26, she was appointed Head Chef at The Zebra Riding Club, in the grounds of Hertfordshire’s Birch Community.

In 2023, she sought to pursue a role that closely aligned with her ethos and supported local communities. She now works in education, as head chef and food educator at a secondary school, developing a love for nutritious, sustainable food and ensuring that education doesn’t stop when students leave the classroom.

She is committed to showing how food can change lives for the better, instilling a passion for food in children from a young age, and the importance of cooking food from scratch.

Amber Francis Age

Great British Menu contestant Amber Francis was born in 1997 in the Bristol countryside.

Amber Francis Great British Menu

Chef Amber Francis is competing in the 20th series of Great British Menu, presented by Andi Oliver. The food educator will be returning to the Great British Menu kitchen after just missing out on the judges chamber in series 18.

“I am so excited to announce that I am back in the kitchen competing in the 20th series of @greatbritishmenu,” Amber announced on Instagram. “I am even more excited to be doing so representing school chefs and food educators across the country and showing how important the work to educate young minds about food is!”

Amber will be representing the South West England alongside Nicholas Balfe, Ashleigh Farrand and Joe Fallowfield. She is using her menu to showcase some of the truly brilliant educators that the South West has produced across British history – highlighting people who have dedicated their lives to educating others.

Instagram

Amber Francis’ Instagram handle is amberlfrancis.