Who is chef Ollie, MasterChef: The Professionals 2021 quarter-finalist?
Introducing Ollie, one of 32 chefs taking part in MasterChef: The Professionals 2021, airing on BBC One every Monday, Thursday and Friday from November 8th through to December 24th.
Ollie is a 23-year old English chef who works in France at Le Château de Berne, a Relais & Châteaux Hotel in the Provence region. A self-taught chef, Ollie was previously a chef de partie (CDP) at a London hotel.
After impressing the judges, Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing, award-winning chef and restaurateur Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace, with his chickpea panisses and aubergine dip
On Friday 26th November at 8:30pm, Ollie will prepare a surprise dish based around the theme of colour for the judges, followed by two signature dishes for food critics Grace Dent, Jay Rayner and Tom Parker-Bowles.
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