International Women's Day at Wild by Tart
Thursday 6th March
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025, Wild by Tart, the popular Belgravia restaurant founded by Lucy Carr-Ellison and Jemima Jones, is holding an extraordinary event bringing together leading women in the food industry to showcase their talent, share their stories, and raise funds for a great cause. The International Women’s Day Dinner & Panel Discussion promises an evening of inspiring conversation, delicious food, and empowering connections.
This event aims to highlight the remarkable achievements of the panel - Ravneet Gill, Ravinder Bhogal, Noor Murad, Amelia Christie-Miller and host, Gemma Bell - and how this may pave the way for future generations in the industry. A percentage of the ticket sales will be donated to SmartWorks, a charity dedicated to helping women succeed in the workplace by providing them with the tools, coaching, and confidence they need to secure employment.
Guests will be treated to a curated dinner, with each course expertly designed by one of our wonderful panelists, perfectly paired with wines made by female winemakers thanks to Graft Wine. Guided by our host, our panel will share the personal stories behind their dishes, giving insight into the significance of each course and the role food has played in their journey as women in business, making way for the discussion’s theme, “Laying the Path to Success: How Women in Business Today Can Support the Next Generation.”
Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session, engaging directly with the panelists and asking questions about the future of women in the food industry, mentorship, and community support.
Meet The Panel
Ravneet Gill is a Le Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef, television presenter, and author of three cookbooks, ‘The Pastry Chef’s Guide’, ‘Sugar, I Love You’, and ‘Baking For Pleasure’. Ravneet has worked at notable London venues like St. JOHN, Llewelyn's, Jamavar, Black Axe Mangal, and, indeed, Wild by Tart. In 2018, she founded Countertalk, a platform aimed at connecting chefs, promoting education, and fostering equality within hospitality, and was named one of the 100 most influential figures in hospitality in 2019. She is a judge on Junior Bake Off and 5 Star Kitchen, and has appeared on Remarkable Places To Eat. Fergus Henderson of St. JOHN describes her as having "a little leeway for culinary cheekiness" that makes her desserts truly special.
Ravinder Bhogal, born in Kenya to Indian parents, is an award-winning journalist, author, chef, and restaurateur who has been named by CODE Hospitality as one of the most influential women in food in 2019, 2021 and 2022. She has authored three books, including Comfort & Joy (2021) and Jikoni (2020), which won the IACP Cookbook Award. Ravinder's debut restaurant, Jikoni, earned top rankings and a Michelin Guide entry within seven months of opening. A leader in sustainability, Jikoni also became the UK’s first carbon-neutral independent restaurant in 2021. Ravinder has appeared on TV shows like Saturday Kitchen and MasterChef, and writes for multiple publications including the FT Weekend Magazine, Guardian Feast, Hapaar’s Bazaar, The Observer Magazine, Condé Nast Traveller and Vogue Online.
Noor is a Bahrain-born, London-based chef and author. Her Middle Eastern roots have a strong influence on her cooking, with Arabic, Indian and Persian flavours making a prominent appearance in her recipes. Having headed the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen for some years, her recipes have featured in Falastin, Flavour as well as Ottolenghi’s Guardian and New York Times columns. Noor also developed and co-authored the two Ottolenghi Test Kitchen books, Shelf Love and Extra Good Things. Her new upcoming cookbook Lugma, meaning 'a bite' in Arabic, features recipes from her native Bahrain as well as the foods that shaped her upbringing.
Amelia Christie-Miller founded Bold Bean Co in 2021 on a mission “to make you obsessed with beans, by giving you the best of the beans”. Today her expertly sourced, slow cooked jarred beans and gourmet baked beans are a firm favourite of many well known chefs and listed by Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Tesco and Ocado, as well as many independent stores. She is also the author of bestselling cookbook Bold Beans: Recipes to Get Your Pulse Racing.
Gemma Bell founded creative communications company, Gemma Bell & Company, in 2011 when it began as a PR agency after Gemma spent a decade working front and back of house in notable London restaurants and hotels, such as Marco Pierre White’s Mayfair restaurant Mirabelle and Ian Schrager's St Martins Lane and Sanderson hotels. Gemma's reputation is unmatched and she has been instrumental in building some of the nation's most-loved hospitality brands from the very beginning. Gemma has been included in Evening Standard’s Progress 1000 most influential Londoners of 2019, Code Hospitality’s 100 Most Influential Women for four consecutive years (2020-2024) and was included in PR Week’s PR Power Book 2024 in the top 10 of the luxury, hospitality, food and drink sector. Gemma is also on the board of trustees for two charities; Amos Trust and Rare Charity.
