Chiara’s journey has taken her from shaping tortellini with her grandma in Bologna, Italy to being River Cottage Head Chef and becoming a MasterChef: The Professionals 2024 finalist.

She is driven by a passion for thoughtful ingredient sourcing, foraging, preserving the seasons, growing and borrowing techniques from different cultures. Her courses are ingredient-led, hands-on and rooted in tradition but with modern twists.

Italian-born, now based on the Devon/Dorset border, Chiara currently works as a private chef whilst hosting pop-ups and supper clubs and teaching at cookery schools and food events across the UK, bringing people together through land-led, creative and thought-provoking cooking.