Pip began her career in food in 2008, when she decided to leave her job as a graphic designer to pursue her love for cooking. Pip got lucky with an opportunity to start work at the York and Albany under head chef Angela Hartnett and since that moment she’s not looked back. After a short stint at Gordon Ramsay’s Royal Hospital Road, Pip resumed her tutelage under Angela Hartnett at Murano in Mayfair where she became head chef. Pip’s profile rose further when she appeared on Great British Menu in 2017, beating fellow top chefs to win the starter dish of the competition. After years of work at Murano, Pip was ready to take the next step and in November 2018 launched her own restaurant, hicce with friend and business partner, Gordy McIntyre. Located at Coal Drops Yard in London’s Kings Cross, hicce, meaning ‘current, of the moment’ in Latin, serves modern dishes cooked over an open wood fire. The restaurant focuses around Pip’s passion and skill of cooking with open fire and the traditional techniques required to produce beautiful dishes.
