Skye Gyngell

Skye Gyngell (6 September 1963 – 22 November 2025) was an Australian chef who was best known for her work as food editor for Vogue, and for winning a Michelin star at the Petersham Nurseries Café in London. She first trained as a chef in France, and afterwards moved to Britain.

Early life Gyngell was born in Sydney on 6 September 1963. Her father was Bruce Gyngell, an Australian television executive.

Career Gyngell trained at La Varenne restaurant in Paris, France, under chef Anne Willan. She went on to work at the Dorchester under Anton Mosimann. She cooked for dinner parties, including for celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.

She joined the Petersham Nurseries Café as head chef at its opening in 2004, was awarded a Michelin star in the 2011 list, and she created a pop-up restaurant in London in conjunction with Cloudy Bay wines later in the year. After eight years at the Café, she left in 2012. In interviews she explained that she did not like the expectations that people had of a Michelin-starred restaurant and this led to her decision to quit, and described the star as a "curse", stating, "If I ever have another restaurant I pray we don't get a star." She had already said that she would not turn down a new star. She wrote for The Independent on Sunday, and was the food editor for magazine Vogue. Gyngell had two children; one daughter, Holly Gore from her marriage with Gore, and another daughter, Evie Henderson, from a following relationship.

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