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Ravneet Gill Biography – Ravneet Gill Wiki
Ravneet Gill is a trained pastry chef, author, activist and television presenter based in London. She is the founder of Countertalk, a platform that connects chefs and advocates supportive and healthy work environments in the industry. She is also the founder of Damson Jelly Academy, an online cookery school.
Ravneet grew up with her mother, Jaswinder Gill, and grandmother, Jit Atkar. When Ravneet Gill was about 14, an astrologer told her mother that Ravneet would work in the food industry. It was such a ridiculous prophecy, she forgot to tell her until when Ravneet was 27 and had been a chef for seven years.
She became more interested in cooking in her late teens, especially baking cakes. After completing a psychology degree, she trained as a pastry chef at Le Cordon Bleu before working her way up the ranks in different pastry sections all over London – most notably, St. JOHN, Llewelyn’s, Jamavar, Black Axe Mangal and Wild by Tart.
In May 2018 she set up an organisation called Countertalk; a platform designed to help connect chefs, provide education and promote healthy work environments in the hospitality industry. Through Countertalk, Ravneet holds much-lauded food-based events, industry talks and aims to create a more equal and supportive workplace to help foster new talent.
Author of two cookbooks, Rav released ‘The Pastry Chef’s Guide: The Secret to Successful Baking Every Time’ in April 2020 as a handbook to dispel the fear around baking. ‘Sugar, I Love You’ was published in Oct 2021 as a more expansive baking book with essays and recipes on all things sweet.
In 2020 Rav joined Liam Charles as a judge on Junior Bake Off alongside host, Harry Hill. Since then, Rav has appeared on Saturday Kitchen, James Martin’s Saturday Morning, This Morning, Saturday Mash Up and Sunday Brunch.
Find and peruse Rav’s recipes in her regular column in Guardian Feast. She also contributes to numerous publications including; The Telegraph, Observer Food Monthly, and Courier Magazine.
Ravneet Gill Age
Ravneet was born in April 1991 in London. She grew up mainly in Leytonstone and Gantshill.
She spoke in a previous interview about how she feels when asked the question ‘Where are you from’?
“I have always felt the need to self justify this for people in the past trying my absolute best to make it less awkward and uncomfortable for people,” Ravneet told Mother Tongue, an online platform that celebrates food stories of migration, race, (in)authenticity and the Second Generation. “I usually say, ‘I’m from London’ and then point at my face and say ‘but I’m obviously Indian'”.
Ravneet Gill Husband
Is Ravneet Gill married? She is married to her husband Mattie Taiano, a fellow chef. Ravneet and Mattie were married in 2023. The pair got engaged in 2022.
“So, I got married,” Ravneet announced on Instagram. “It might come as a surprise to a few people, especially this lovely online community, who through investigation will see no prior evidence of this man existing in my life but it’s been ages, he’s real and I love him.”
“We met in the kitchen and worked side by side (He was the sous and I was the pastry chef), we got along instantly and over the years haven’t been able to escape each other. Our relationship is built on a lot of laughter, and a constant consideration of what we will eat next.”
She added: “We got engaged late last year in the middle of the park in the rain just as we were getting a parking ticket.”
Ravneet Gill Parents
TV chef Ravneet Gill was born in London to Indian parents. She grew up with her mother, Jaswinder Gill, and grandmother, Jit Atkar. Her father is an accountant.
Ravneet Gill Family
Ravneet lives with her father, an accountant, her mother, Jaswinder Gill, and her maternal grandmother, Jit Atkar. Her mother is an Indian, born in Kenya.
After her husband died, Jit moved her family to the UK in 1974, when Jaswinder was 14. Jit worked in a sewing factory in Aldgate, so it fell to her daughter to do the cooking and shopping. “We had to get on with it,” Jaswinder shrugs. She found that not only did she enjoy cooking, but people loved her food.
Ravneet told The Guardian it is acknowledged through the extended family that her mother is the best cook. “All my dad’s brothers’ wives are from India, but Mum is from Kenya, so she’s got more of an edge when it comes to spicing.”
Ravneet Gill Baby
Ravneet Gill gave birth to her first child, Donnie Gill Taiano, on 26 October 2023. Donnie is short for Donato, after his Italian grandfather.
Ravneet Gill Pregnant
Ravneet Gill was pregnant with her first child in 2023. Channel 4’s Junior Bake Off 2024 was filmed when Ravneet was pregnant with her first baby. She’s currently not pregnant.
Ravneet Gill Junior Bake Off
Ravneet is a judge on Junior Bake Off alongside former Great British Bake Off Series 8 contestant Liam Charles. She joined the series in 2020, replacing Prue Leith. Comedian Harry Hill has hosted the series since it moved to Channel 4 in 2019. Hill is best known for presenting You’ve Been Framed and TV Burp.
Ravneet Gill Height
Junior Bake Off judge Ravneet Gill stands at a height of 5′ 6″ (1.68 m).
Ravneet Gill Net Worth
Pastry chef Ravneet Gill’s net worth is estimated to be $1 million.
Ravneet Gill Religion
Ravneet is of the Sikh faith. Sikhism is a religion that originated in the Punjab region of South Asia, which now falls into the present day states of India and Pakistan. The main religions of the area at the time were Hinduism and Islam. The Sikh faith when Guru Nanak began teaching a faith that was quite distinct from Hinduism and Islam.
Ravneet’s Instagram handle is @ravneeteats.
