Hill, Anja

Anja Hill (nee Toivonen) was born in Helsinki in 1946 and was brought up largely on her parents' farm near Lahti in southern Finland. She is married to chef Shaun Hill and now lives in Worcester. They have three children and five grandchildren. For 10 years Anja shared the cooking with her husband at their Michelin-starred restaurant in Ludlow, The Merchant House. The first broadsheet review for the restaurant announced that the place was worth a detour for Anja's bread rolls alone. Prior to this Anja worked at at her and Shaun's first restaurant, Hill's in Stratford-upon-Avon, and at Gidleigh...