Kate Quilton
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Kate Quilton | |
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Born | Katie Marie Quilton 30 November 1983 |
Nationality | British |
Education | University of Bristol |
Occupation(s) | Television presenter and journalist |
Years active | 2012–present |
Employer | Channel 4 |
Television | Food Unwrapped Superfoods: The Real Story The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money Tricks of the Restaurant Trade |
Spouse | James Lance (m. 2016) |
Parent(s) | Kevin and Ann Quilton |
Katie Marie Quilton (born 30 November 1983 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire)[citation needed] is an English television presenter and journalist. She is best known for presenting a number of Channel 4 television series, including Food Unwrapped since 2012.
Career
While at the University of Bristol, she undertook a student equivalent of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, she ate kebabs for one week: breakfast, lunch and dinner. The stunt was picked up by a national paper.[specify] Quilton began her career in television while a student and worked for both ITV and the BBC.[1] She went on to work as a broadcast journalist in Somerset for the BBC, spending a lot of her time with farmers, and reporting mostly on food.
Quilton was one of Channel 4's youngest commissioning editors, a position she held from 2010 until 2014.[1] She has run the online editorial for some of the channel's biggest shows and now manages factual multi-platform commissions including The Food Hospital and Foxes Live. She won the BAFTA for Digital Creativity and the Digital Emmy award in 2014.[1]
She resigned as a commissioning editor in 2014 to focus full-time on Food Unwrapped.[2] In 2014, Quilton appeared with Food Unwrapped co-presenter Jimmy Doherty in The World's Best Diet, a one-off show for Channel 4.[3]
In 2015, she presented Superfoods: The Real Story, a four-part series for Channel 4.[4] The show returned for a second series of six episodes in 2016. She presented The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money, alongside David Fishwick for four episodes in 2015.[5] In January 2016, she began presenting Tricks of the Restaurant Trade alongside Simon Rimmer. The programme returned for a second series, beginning in November 2016. She didn't return for the third series, but instead was replaced by Sophie Morgan.[6][7] In 2016, she co-presented Be Your Own Doctor on Channel 4, alongside Tamal Ray.[8] She took part in a special edition of Christmas University Challenge in December 2016, as part of the University of Bristol alumni team.[9]
In 2017 and in 2019 she presented Channel 4's Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special series with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones.[10]
Personal life
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In April 2016, Quilton ran the London Marathon for Papworth Hospital in memory of her father, Kevin Quilton.[11] She also married James Lance in 2016.[citation needed][where?] On the Food Unwrapped Christmas special in December 2017, she announced that she was expecting her first child.
In May of 2018 Quilton gave birth to a son. As presenter in the documentary Breastfeeding Uncovered Quilton revealed she was harassed while nursing in public. [12]
She grew up in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the youngest of four children.[citation needed] She attended Thurston Community College.[13]
Filmography
- Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012— | Food Unwrapped | Co-presenter | 9 series; with Jimmy Doherty and Matt Tebbutt |
2014 | The World's Best Diet | Co-presenter | One-off episode; with Jimmy Doherty |
2015— | Superfoods: The Real Story[14] | Presenter | 3 series |
2015 | The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money | Co-presenter | 1 series; with David Fishwick |
2016 | Tricks of the Restaurant Trade[15] | Co-presenter | 2 series; with Simon Rimmer |
Be Your Own Doctor | Co-presenter | One-off episode; with Tamal Ray | |
Christmas University Challenge | Contestant | 1 episode; part of University of Bristol team | |
2017 | Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special[citation needed][16] | Reporter | 1 series; with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones |
2018 | How to Be Healthy | Co-presenter | 1 upcoming series; with Tamal Ray |
References
- ^ a b c "Food Unwrapped, Kate Quilton". Channel 4. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Matthew Campelli (19 May 2014). "Kate Quilton steps down from C4 digital role". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Rianne Ison (30 June 2014). "Jimmy Doherty on The World's Best Diet: 'The strangest thing I ate? Fermented shark'". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ O'Donovan, Gerard (29 June 2015). "Superfoods: the Real Story, review: undernourished". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money - All 4". Channel 4.
- ^ "C4 to divulge Tricks of the Restaurant Trade". broadcastnow.co.uk.
- ^ "new channel 4 tv programme tricks of the restaurant trade to air". The Caterer.
- ^ "Great British Bake Off's Tamal has a brand new TV show". Digital Spy. 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Alumni line-up confirmed for Christmas University Challenge - Media Centre". BBC.
- ^ "Clear the Shelter (w/t) - Channel 4 - Info - Press". Channel 4.
- ^ Quilton, Kate. "Virgin Money Giving - Fundraising - Kate Quilton is running the London Marathon". Virgin Money Giving.
- ^ Rogers, Helen. "ONE-TO-ONE WITH KATE QUILTON". RCM. The Royal College of Midwives. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Food Unwrapped presenter Kate Quilton inspires students at her former school, Thurston Community College". East Anglian Daily Times. 26 September 2015.
- ^ Agius, Nicola (29 June 2015). "NEW series Superfoods: The Real Story reveals Grapefruit Diet really works - but there's a catch". Daily Mirror.
- ^ "C4 commissions new 4-part series on the tricks of the restaurant trade - Channel 4 - Info - Press". Channel 4.
- ^ "Clear the Shelter - August 2017 - Professor Noel Fitzpatrick". 29 June 2017.