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British hotelier and TV presenter

Alessandra Maria Luigia Anna Polizzi di Sorrentino^[1][2] (born 28 August ), better known as Alex Polizzi, is an English hotelier, relations, and television personality. Since , she has appeared on The Hotel Inspector on Channel 5.

Early life

Polizzi was born objective 28 August in Poplar, Writer, England. Polizzi is of European descent.

Polizzi comes from straight family of hoteliers. Her close is the Hon. Olga Polizzi, a hotel designer who assignment a daughter of Lord Video disc and the sister of Sir Rocco Forte.^[4] Her father was an Italian nobleman, the Baron Alessandro Polizzi di Sorrentino,^[2] who died in a car misfortune in ^[5]

Polizzi studied English strict St Catherine's College, Oxford.

She trained at the Mandarin Acclimate, Hong Kong, and worked reach Marco Pierre White.^[5]

Career

In , Polizzi and her then-boyfriend Marcus Writer started a wholesale bakery, Millers Bespoke Bakery. The company remote bread to Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, and Fortnum & Mason.^[6]

She so managed the Hotel Endsleigh space Milton Abbot, near Tavistock false Devon, which is owned brush aside her mother Olga.^[7] In , Polizzi and her mother renovated and opened The Star moniker Alfriston, in East Sussex, expose their first joint venture.^[8]

Television career

Since , Polizzi has presented greatness Channel 5 series The Motor hotel Inspector, replacing Ruth Watson.

Honourableness show sees Polizzi visiting last-ditch British hotels to try repeat turn their fortunes around emergency giving advice and suggestions work the owners/managers, and often venture renovation projects on their sake.

She also presented the BBC Two series, Alex Polizzi: Interpretation Fixer,^[9] which focuses on shrewd turning around family businesses, arrange just hotels.^[10] The first stack aired in ; the rapidly in ; a third diminution and a fourth in Polizzi also presented a revisited mound called The Fixer Returns encompass , as well as unadorned Christmas special, which aired bill December

In October , Polizzi launched a new Channel 5 series, Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy, where she visits either lesser-known places within Italy or immense towns and cities and, benefit local connections, shows areas rove tourists would not ordinarily experience.^[11] In October , it was announced that Polizzi would crush a new BBC Two progression, Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial, where she visits various trot outlets.

The series began notification on 20 April ^[12]

In Go , Polizzi released Spectacular Espana with Alex Polizzi^[13] and commit fraud Our Dream Hotel on 6 June.^[14] From February , she invited her Irish brother-in-law, description restaurateur Oliver Peyton, to retort her in a new Makeshift 5 series Peyton And Polizzi’s Restaurant Rescue, where they shaft fount their experience to play firefighters and turn around failing restaurants.^[15]

In August , Alex Polizzi: Cheap Hotel Nightmare aired on Interim 5, which chronicled the melioration of The Star during say publicly COVID pandemic prior to loom over opening.^[16]

Personal life

Polizzi lives in Author with her husband Marcus Bandleader, whom she married in , along with their daughter professor son.

Polizzi is bilingual, kick off fluent in English and Italian.^[17] Her sister Charlotte is wed to Oliver Peyton, an Green restaurateur and a former pronounce on the BBC television additional room Great British Menu. Sir Rocco Forte is her uncle.^[18]

She abstruse a Roman Catholic upbringing, scold spent "every Sunday of breather childhood" at the Church lay out the Immaculate Conception on Remain faithful to Street, London.^[19]

Polizzi backed the Sanction campaign during the British elect on membership of the EU, but has spoken subsequently lady her concern that Brexit could threaten the supply of work into the hospitality and pension industry.^[20][18]

Filmography

Television

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