Lorna McNee is a Scottish chef who was a winner of Great British Menu in 2019. [1] [2] [3]
McNee was born in 1987 and raised in Forres, Scotland. She studied at Moray College [4] before spending two weeks at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's. [5]
She undertook work experience at Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles Hotel at which she was the sous-chef. She won Game Chef of the Year in 2016 [6] and National Scottish Chef of the Year in 2017. [7]
She became the head chef of Glasgow restaurant Cail Bruich in August 2020. It won a Michelin Star in January 2021 and was the first Michelin Star restaurant in Glasgow in 18 years. [8]
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