ChefMonica Galetti
Born in 1975, Monica Galetti, née Fa'afiti, was raised by her aunt with her sister and four brothers in Samoa before moving to Wellington, New Zealand to join her mother in her teens. She moved to the UK in 1997 where she started cooking in London. In 2004 she married David, then head sommelier at Le Gavroche where they worked together. In 2006 they welcomed their daughter Anais, before she started as a judge on MasterChef in 2009.