When Sarah Willingham took a seat at the Dragons' Den table in 2015, she brought something refreshing to the panel. Combining her straight-talking, no-nonsense business approach with a dash of Northern warmth, the millionaire entrepreneur was the first working mum to land Dragon status, as she juggled being a parent to young children with her ever-growing business priorities.
Sitting alongside Dragons' Den veterans Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones, Sarah, who made her fortune in the hospitality industry, described her time on the panel as one of the 'most brilliant things' she's ever done. But after her husband and business partner Michael Toxvaerd was faced with a life-threatening health scare, Sarah quit the show in 2017 as she knew that her family had to come first.
