‘I get blanked as a woman in my own restaurant’: Tiella’s Dara Klein on sexism, toxic kitchen culture and Italian food

Klein opened Tiella, her first permanent restaurant, after building a following through her residency at The Compton Arms - (Caitlin Isola)

Sexism in the restaurant industry is a harsh reality Dara Klein knows all too well.

Despite founding one of London’s most-talked about new restaurants, Tiella Trattoria, on Columbia Road in January this year, she still battles ongoing gender bias.