About me
As the founder and Chief Brand Officer of Hedley & Bennett, a Los Angeles based cookware company, Ellen Marie Bennett has spent over a decade fine tuning the perfect design for kitchen essentials that have found their way into pro and home kitchens across the country. A multi-hyphenate, Ellen is also an acclaimed chef, designer, author, and mom.
Of both English and Mexican descent, Bennett has had a passion for cooking from an early age and traveled to Mexico City at age 18 to attend culinary school. She returned to L.A. to cook professionally in some of the city’s best kitchens, including two-Michelin starred restaurant, Providence, where she realized there was ample room for improvement in the standard kitchen work wear. Starting with only $300, she launched Hedley & Bennett to redesign the kitchen apron with professional grade quality and more style. Now, the brand has grown beyond its beloved apron collection to kitchen essentials including pro-grade knives, cutting boards, kitchen linens, and more.