Joyce Molyneux

Joyce Molyneux (17 April 1931 – 27 October 2022) was a British chef and restaurateur, who became one of the first women to receive a Michelin star.[1][2]

Life and career

Joyce Molyneux was born in Handsworth, Birmingham on 17 April 1931.[3][4]

Writing in The Telegraph in 2003, Jan Moir said "Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the chef, Joyce Molyneux, was at the forefront of the growth of modern British cooking".[5]

She worked in just three restaurant kitchens, Mulberry Tree in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1950s, Hole in the Wall in Bath in the 1960s, and for 25 years at The Carved Angel in Dartmouth, Devon until her retirement in 1999.[6]

In 1959 she met Stephen Rodríguez-García, who was working at the Mulberry Tree as a waiter. He became her partner until his death in 1994.[6]

Molyneux died on 27 October 2022, aged 91.[6]

Bibliography

  • The Carved Angel Cookery Book (1990)Credited to Joyce Molyneux and Sophie Grigson.[7]
  • Born to Cook: Angel Food (2011)[7]

References

  1. ↑ Bob Granleese. "Joyce Molyneux: 'I just loved cooking' | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Joyce Molyneux obituary". 31 October 2022 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Joyce Molyneux". Companies House. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Molyneux, Joyce". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Are you ready to order? This week: The Carved Angel". The Daily Telegraph. 19 July 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 Joyce Molyneux obituary, theguardian.com. 28 October 2022.
  7. 1 2 Granleese, Bob (28 September 2011). "Joyce Molyneux: 'I just loved cooking' | Chefs | The Guardian". The Guardian.
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