Rose Gray Ruth Rogers River Café
Ruth rogers lady rogers mbe born 7 july 1948 is an american born british chef who owns and runs the michelin starred italian restaurant the river café in hammersmith london.
Rose gray ruth rogers river café. Situated on a riverside site modified by ruth rogers s husband renowned architect lord rogers the establishment has always championed an ingredient led approach to italian fare. The river café is a restaurant in the borough of hammersmith and fulham london specialising in italian cuisine it was owned and run by chefs ruth rogers and rose gray until gray s death in 2010. It was here that the talents of jamie oliver were first spotted. Clemency anne rose gray mbe 28 january 1939 28 february 2010 was a british chef and cookery writer.
Anyone in the know about the food world will be familiar with london s legendary river café co founded by chefs lady rogers and the late rose gray back in 1987. Rose gray chef and co founder of river café dies aged 71 this article is more than 10 years old opened river café in hammersmith with ruth rogers in 1987 employed jamie oliver and hugh. Early and private life. With ruth rogers she set up the river café in 1987 which won a michelin star in 1998.
Since then rogers has been the sole owner and has run the restaurant. Ruth rogers 64 is a chef and co founder of the river café restaurant in london. Ruth elias known as ruthie was born in upstate new york she inherited her left wing politics from her. River cafe cookbook easy ruth gray.
Rogers gray italian country cook book ruth rogers. She was born in woodstock america came to london in 1967 and studied graphic design and never left. 4 4 out of 5 stars 35. 4 6 out of 5 stars 18.
Along the way they have welcomed celebrities on both sides of. Simple recipes from the london river cafe rose gray. 3 9 out of 5 stars 13. She had a profound influence on a generation of celebrity chefs including oliver theo randall and hugh fearnley whittingstall the.
58 offers from 1 76. The partnership of ruth rogers and rose gray has gone from strength to strength since they set up the river café in the late 1980s. Rose gray who has died of cancer aged 71 was the co founder along with ruth rogers of the iconic river cafe in london and was one of britain s most influential modern chefs and cookery.