Background
Bloomfield was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, in 1974. Her father was an engineer, while her mother worked from home for Halcyon Days Limited, painting bomboniere.
Bloomfield was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, in 1974. Her father was an engineer, while her mother worked from home for Halcyon Days Limited, painting bomboniere.
Graduate, Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies.
She had previously worked at a number of restaurants in the United Kingdom, including The River Café and Bibendum. She originally wanted to become a police officer, but changed her mind when she discovered that she had missed out on the police cadet scheme. Following college, she began working at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham, before moving to London to work first at Kensington Place and then at Bibendum.
She credits her time at the River Café with Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers as being the time which really taught her to cook.
Whilst there, she was scouted by American chef Mario Batali following Jamie Oliver"s suggestion, to open a bistro-style restaurant in New York City. She was flown out to New York, where she was offered the job after a ten-hour interview by Batali which saw the pair eat at a variety of the restaurants in the city.
She also opened an oyster bar in the hotel called The John Dory Oyster Bar. April and Ken then opened Salvation Taco in the Pod 39 Hotel in New York City, followed by the revitalization and reopening of Tosca Cafe in San Francisco.
In February 2016, April and Ken opened Salvation Burger in the Pod 51 Hotel in Midtown East.
As of the 2012 Michelin Guide, she is one of ten female chefs in the United States to hold a Michelin star.