From working in an Italian restaurant in Liverpool to running the award-winning The Marram Grass with his brother Liam, Ellis’ love of food came from his grandparents, who enlisted him to help in the kitchen. His little restaurant-café on Anglesey might look like a greasy spoon, but it’s won countless awards from the likes of the Good Food Guide and the Welsh Food Awards, with Ellis himself winning the prestigious Acorn Award in 2016.
Top quality ingredients are central to Ellis’ cooking, and he even rears his own pigs and chickens across the road from the restaurant, which started life as a converted potting shed. It now sees up to 2,000 covers a week, and puts locally-sourced produce centre stage.