Rose Gray Ruth Rogers River Café
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Rose gray ruth rogers river café. Rogers gray italian country cook book ruth rogers. 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. Early and private life. Clemency anne rose gray mbe 28 january 1939 28 february 2010 was a british chef and cookery writer.
Simple recipes from the london river cafe rose gray. She had a profound influence on a generation of celebrity chefs including oliver theo randall and hugh fearnley whittingstall the. 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. 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.
River cafe cookbook easy ruth gray. 3 9 out of 5 stars 13. 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. It was here that the talents of jamie oliver were first spotted.
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. Ruth rogers 64 is a chef and co founder of the river café restaurant in london. With ruth rogers she set up the river café in 1987 which won a michelin star in 1998. Ruth elias known as ruthie was born in upstate new york she inherited her left wing politics from her.
Since then rogers has been the sole owner and has run the restaurant. She was born in woodstock america came to london in 1967 and studied graphic design and never left. She is the wife of the italian born british architect richard rogers lord rogers. Along the way they have welcomed celebrities on both sides of.
4 6 out of 5 stars 18. 58 offers from 1 76. 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.