Clemency Anne Rosemary Gray MBE (née Swann; 28 January 1939 – 28 February 2010)[1] was a British chef and cookery writer.
She wrote a series of cookery books and presented a twelve-part television programme for Channel Four, The Italian Kitchen, in 1998.
Six months before her birth, her father, Flight Lieutenant Clement Nelson Swann, age 26, and a seven-month-old sister were killed in a domestic fire.
Her career as a professional chef began at Nell's restaurant in New York City, after which time she returned to London.
[6] They lived part of their life in Tuscany,[3] where Rose first developed her interest in Italian food.