Nobu Matsuhisa ( Full name: Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa ) is a Japanese celebrity chef and restaurateur. He is best known for his fusion cuisine blending traditional Japanese dishes with Peruvian ingredients. Nobu’s signature dish is black cod in miso. The chef has restaurants bearing his name in several countries. Apart from his profession as a chef and restaurateur, Nobu played small parts in three major films.
Paul A Young ( Full name: Paul Andrew Young) is an English chocolatier, television personality, and pâtissier. He opened his first chocolaterie, in Camden Passage, Islington, in 2006. In 2007, Paul opened a second shop in The Royal Exchange. A third shop was opened on Soho’s Wardour Street in June 2011. In August 2019, The Royal Exchange store closed due to rent increases.
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall ( Full name: Hugh Christopher Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall) is an English celebrity chef, journalist, television personality, food writer, and campaigner on food and environmental issues. He hosted the River Cottage series on the UK television channel Channel 4. The audiences observe Hugh’s efforts to become a self-reliant, downshifted farmer in rural England.
Nina Campbell is an English interior designer and businesswoman. Her clients include the Duke and Duchess of York, Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr, and the Capital Hotel in Knightsbridge. Nina is known for her heart-shaped spectacles.
David Rockwell is an American architect and designer. He founded and is the president of Rockwell Group, a 250-person cross-disciplinary architecture and design practice based in New York City with satellite offices in Madrid and Los Angeles.
Rose Uniacke is a modern luxury interior designer based in London. She is known for her range of contemporary interior designs, antique curation, and self-designs. Rose began her career as an actress by appearing in stage productions such as Romeo and Juliet.
Ilse Crawford ( Fullname: Ilse Catherine Crawford CBE) is a British interior and furniture designer, teacher, and creative director. She previously worked in an architect’s firm and for the Architects’ Journal. Ilse was then chosen as the launch editor of Elle Decoration. Shortly after, she worked for the short-lived Bare magazine. Ilse left the magazine in 1998 to work for Donna Karan. She soon moved on to designing interiors.
Mikel Welch is a preeminent American interior designer and media personality. As of now, he works as a design expert and host of Quibi’s Murder House Flip. Furthermore, he runs Mikel Welch Designs, a New York-based interior design business. He shows viewers on camera tips and tricks for creating luxury looks, designing sophisticated spaces, and renovating homes at affordable prices. Previously, Mikel was an on-air personality of TLC’s Trading Spaces.
Bunny Williams is an American designer with a modern vision, a sense of history, and the confidence to take the unexpected path. Both a trailblazer and a tastemaker, her style is classic but never predictable.
David Adjaye is a Ghanaian-British architect. He is known for having designed many notable buildings around the world, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.