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Gizzi Erskine
Gizzi Erskine at the Glamour Awards in 2015
Born
Griselda Maxwell Erskine

(1979-08-20) 20 August 1979 (age 45)
EducationLeiths School of Food and Wine
Occupation(s)Chef, tv personality, food writer
Television
  • Cook Yourself Thin
  • Cookery School
  • Drop Down Menu
  • The Ones To Watch
  • 12 Again
  • Cooks to Market

Griselda "Gizzi" Maxwell Erskine (born 20 August 1979)[1] is an English cook and TV personality.

Early years

Erskine was born in Wandsworth, to model and actress[2] Maria Josephine (daughter of Dr Josef Klupt, of Richmond, Surrey,[3] born 1948 in Hammersmith[4]), and [5] Iain Maxwell Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick (1926-1995, Wandsworth, London[6]).[7] She was the second of three daughters, all Wandsworth born.[8]

Career

She trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London.[9][10]

Erskine presented two seasons of Channel 4's cookery show Cook Yourself Thin[11] and presented Channel 4's daytime programme Cookery School in 2011.[12] She has also presented cookery features for ITV1's This Morning, contributed to Healthy Food Guide magazine and appeared on Sky1's Taste. She now co-presents channel 4's cookery programme Drop Down Menu with Matt Tebbutt. She has also appeared on other TV shows, including Cooks To Market and Iron Chef on Channel 4. As a food writer, her books include Kitchen Magic and Skinny Weeks and Weekend Feasts.

On 14 July 2013, she joined The Sunday Times as the Sunday Times Cook in the newspaper's weekly magazine.[13]

Bibliography

Cookbooks

  • Gizzi's Kitchen Magic (2010)
  • My Kitchen Table: 100 Foolproof Suppers (2012)
  • Skinny Weeks and Weekend Feasts (2013)
  • Gizzi's Healthy Appetite (2015)
  • Slow - Food worth taking time over (2018)

References

  1. ^ "Griselda Maxwell". Findmypast. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/my-secret-life-gizzi-erskine-32-tv-chef-7707180.html
  3. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990, pg 442
  4. ^ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=maria&lastname=klupt
  5. ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/my-secret-life-gizzi-erskine-32-tv-chef-7707180.html
  6. ^ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=iain%20m&lastname=erskine&eventyear=1926&eventyear_offset=1
  7. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2007, pg 491
  8. ^ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?lastname=erskine&mothersmaidenname=klupt%20
  9. ^ Hendry, Steve (6 June 2010). "Punk chef Gizzi Erskine: I'm just like Nigella – except with tattoos and rock 'n' roll". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  10. ^ Clay, Xanthe (23 February 2010). "Gizzi Erskine: a cookery goddess with her feet on the ground". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  11. ^ "Cook Yourself Thin". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Cookery School". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  13. ^ Erskine, Gizzi (17 November 2013). "The best recipes of the celebrity chef era". Sunday Times Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2013.