FDF Awards 2025

Our Guest Host: Ravneet Gill When Ravneet Gill was 14 an astrologer told her mother she would work in the food industry. Ravneet was a fussy eater and at the time it seemed ridiculous, but after completing a psychology degree her passion for pastry and cooking led her to study at Le Cordon Bleu. In May 2018 she set up Countertalk; a platform designed to help connect chefs, provide education and promote equality and positive, nurturing working environments in the hospitality industry. Through Countertalk, Ravneet holds much-lauded food-based events and industry talks.

Her first book, The Pastry Chef's Guide: The secret to successful baking every time, was published by Pavilion in 2020 and is aimed at chefs and home bakers alike who fear baking. The message: pastry is easy. This is a straight-talking no-nonsense manual designed to become the baking reference book on any cookery shelves.

Ravneet has now published her second book, Sugar: I Love You, and her third, Baking for Pleasure: Comforting recipes to bring you joy, which was released December 2023.

Ravneet is a judge on Channel 4’s Junior Bake Off (2021-2025) as well as joining the esteemed Michel Roux Jnr as a judge on 5 Star Kitchen, which launched on Channel 4 and Netflix in Summer 2023. Most recently she featured on the hit series, Remarkable Places To Eat, hosted by Fred Sirieix on Channel 4.

In January 2025, Ravneet announced she will be opening her first restaurant alongside her husband Mattie; the husband and wife chef duo. GINA will be opening in Chingford later in 2025.