Career: After reading English at Oxford, Polizzi trained at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, and worked for Marco Pierre White before taking a job with The Rocco Forte Collection's businesses in Cardiff, Rome and St Petersburg. Her relationship with baker Marcus Miller led her to help him found a wholesale bakery which supplies bread to Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason. She manages the Hotel Endsleigh in Milton Abbot, near Tavistock in Devon, which is owned by her mother. Polizzi was an instant hit when she took over from Ruth Watson as Channel 5's Hotel Inspector and was eventually poached by the BBC to present various series, including The Fixer, which focuses on failing family businesses. More recently, she has presented Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy and Spectacular Spain with Alex Polizzi.