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Alex Polizzi Biography

Birth Name:
Alessandra Maria Luigia Polizzi di Sorrentino
Birth Place:
London, England

Fast Facts

  • Her mother Olga became the design director for Trusthouse Forte when her father Alessandro died aged 32
  • Did a two-year hotel management training course with Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong after graduating from university
  • Started the Millers Bespoke Bakery business with her future husband Marcus Miller in 1997, which supplies most of London's high-end department stores
  • Is the manager of Hotel Endsleigh in Tavistock, which she opened for her mother in 2005
  • Became the host of The Hotel Inspector in 2008, when the previous host Ruth Watson defected to Channel 4
  • In 2010, published the guidebook Alex Polizzi's Little Black Book of Hotels