Rose Gray Ruth Rogers River Café
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Rose gray ruth rogers river café. She had a profound influence on a generation of celebrity chefs including oliver theo randall and hugh fearnley whittingstall the. 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. Along the way they have welcomed celebrities on both sides of. 3 9 out of 5 stars 13.
Early and private life. 58 offers from 1 76. 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 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.
She is the wife of the italian born british architect richard rogers lord rogers. With ruth rogers she set up the river café in 1987 which won a michelin star in 1998. At the river café chefs rose gray and ruth rogers serve dishes inspired by italy s rustic regional cooking. In traditional italian dishes prosciutto and radicchio with balsamic vinegar and wood roasted asparagus for example they demonstrate the felicitous minimalism of fine italian food.
Simple recipes from the london river cafe rose 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. Clemency anne rose gray mbe 28 january 1939 28 february 2010 was a british chef and cookery writer.
It was here that the talents of jamie oliver were first spotted. River cafe cookbook easy ruth gray. 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. 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.
Ruth rogers 64 is a chef and co founder of the river café restaurant in london. 4 4 out of 5 stars 35. Since then rogers has been the sole owner and has run the restaurant.