Philli Armitage-Mattin

Philli Armitage-Mattin was the only female finalist in MasterChef: The Professionals 2020 and wowed judges with her skills making it down to the final four, with judges Monica Galetti, Marcus Wareing and Gregg Wallace all impressed with her cooking. Philli will be featuring in the 2021 MasterChef Professionals Christmas Special.

Having studied a masters in chemistry at Bristol University. Philli went on to train under Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants.

In 2018, inspired by her love of Asian cuisine, Philli bought a one-way ticket to travel around Asia and experience the culture and food first-hand. Here, Philli staged at world-renowned restaurant Den in Tokyo before traveling to Hong Kong to work at Japanese-inspired restaurant Haku.

Her mission is to get people to try new flavours, mainly using Asian ingredients such as miso and gochujang, and to make delicious dishes such as Xinjiang lamb kebabs, Korean fried chicken and okonomiyaki.