Rowley Leigh was a chef for forty years, working for the Roux brothers and then one of the founding partners of the ground-breaking Kensington Place and subsequently at Le Café Anglais in Bayswater. He has since acted as a consultant for several restaurant groups, including several years in Hong Kong.

In a parallel career, Rowley has been the food correspondent of The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph and The Financial Times. He has written two cookery books, No Place Like Home and A Long and Messy Business. He is ‘semi-retired’ and lives in a small village on the Devon and Somerset borders.

Catch Rowley on the Main Stage on Saturday.