After reading English at Oxford University, Alex trained at the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong, worked for Marco Pierre White at the Criterion and helped open various Rocco Forte properties. She then went on to set up Millers Bakery, with her husband Marcus Miller.

In 2008, Alex became the host of the highly acclaimed show, The Hotel Inspector. With several series firmly under her belt, Alex’s latest venture The Fixer, hit BBC2 in January 2012. She has now done ten years as Hotel Inspector, and three years of travel shows as well as various restaurant programmes for the BBC and Channel 5.

Millers Bakery is now a 52,000 sq.ft operation, supplying most of the five-star hotels, restaurants and burger joints in London, as well as providing frozen and part-baked bread and pastries across the country. Alex is also a trustee of the Landau Forte Academy Trust.