Amber Francis is the Head Chef and Senior Food Educator at Christ's College Finchley in North London, a role she took on in late 2023. As of 2025, she works with the charity Chefs in Schools to improve school meals and is the 2025 Great British Menu champion.
Amber is now working with a State Education Secondary School in North London as Head Chef and Senior Food Educator. She continues to pursue fine dining work in private events, live demonstrations, food consultancy guest chef dinners and pop up restaurants.
Why did Paula Deen close her Lady and Sons restaurant?
The shuttering of the two locations marks a significant change for Deen, whose career was rocked by considerable controversy in the past decade. In 2013, Deen was dropped by the Food Network and several major brand partnerships following her admission in a legal deposition that she had previously used racial slurs.
Madre's Restaurant was an eatery owned by celebrity Jennifer Lopez (aka J-Lo). It was open in metropolitan Los Angeles (Pasadena) from 2002 to 2008. See the menu, photos, and video tour below.
Christina Tosi left MasterChef primarily because her booming Milk Bar business and other ventures demanded too much time and focus, making the TV commitment a strain, although she never gave one official reason. Her growing responsibilities, including expanding Milk Bar's operations and other projects, likely conflicted with the demanding filming schedule, leading her to prioritize her culinary empire and other creative pursuits.
The power couple are known to use private chefs both at their London home and countryside estate, with a focus on plant-based meals, gluten-free catering, and creative recipes for family gatherings.
She once ran a soup delivery business from her apartment
Vivian Howard doesn't come from a low-income household, in fact her father is a wealthy man. He owns J.C. Howard Farms, and by 2018 had 14 John Deere dealerships.
The biggest GBBO controversy is widely considered to be "#Bingate" in 2014, where contestant Iain Watters' Baked Alaska melted after another baker (Diana Beard) removed it from the freezer, leading to his elimination, widespread outrage, accusations of sabotage, and national headlines, despite Sue Perkins clarifying it was only out for 40 seconds, not long enough to fully melt, and Iain's anger was the real issue. Other major scandals include "Custardgate" (the stolen custard), the Paul Hollywood/BBC "betrayal" and move to Channel 4, and Prue Leith's winner spoiler, but Bingate remains the most iconic.
Not only is Drapes known for his finesse of cooking on the hibachi but he's also known worldwide for his mental health advocacy after exiting MasterChef in his first season in 2021 due to recurring mental health issues.
Victoria Beckham has spoken publicly about her diagnoses of dyslexia and dyscalculia, learning differences that made her struggle academically as a child, leading to bullying where she was called "thick". She has also revealed struggles with an eating disorder, which she discusses in her Netflix documentary, and has spoken about managing PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome).
Nelson Peltz (Nicola Peltz Beckham's father) is significantly richer than the Beckham family, with a net worth in the billions, dwarfing the combined wealth of David and Victoria Beckham, who have hundreds of millions, though the Peltz family's wealth, particularly Nelson's, far exceeds both.
MasterChef Australia judge and celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo died suddenly in Melbourne in May 2023 at age 46, shocking fans and colleagues; his death, which occurred just before the premiere of the new season, was not treated as suspicious, but the cause has remained officially undisclosed despite investigations, with his widow Lauren choosing privacy, though sources suggested it might have been due to natural causes after battling bowel cancer, as reported by the Daily Mail, Sky News Australia, and the BBC.
She has since divorced her husband and moved with her children to Bali, Indonesia in late 2020. She relocated to Tempe, Arizona in 2022 and is currently a catering manager at Arizona State University.
After 10 years on 'Vanderpump Rules,' Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz aren't leading the lives they planned. But they have no regrets. Well, not many. Vanderpump closed her Beverly Hills restaurant Villa Blanca in July 2020 amid the pandemic shutdowns.
