I photographed all 31 chefs between the end of April and the middle of June, which spanned the reopening of restaurants across the UK. Some of them were missing multiple staff members, others were coping with bereavements and very few of them knew how their business would look going forward.

I am so thankful to each and every one of them for taking the time out of their overstuffed schedules to be shot for this glorious celebration of them, and also to every other female who’s changing the landscape of the hospitality industry and kicking those shouty, abusive men with their arms folded across starched chef whites out on their arses.