Gizzi Erskine
Gizzi Erskine | |
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 Gizzi Erskine at the Glamour Awards in 2015 | |
| Born | Griselda Maxwell Erskine 20 August 1979 Dumfries, Scotland |
| Education | Leiths 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 |
| Website | www |
Gizzi Erskine (born 20 August 1979) is a British chef and TV personality.
Early years
Born in Dumfries, Scotland, the second of three daughters of Iain Maxwell Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick (1926-1995),[1][2][3] by his wife Maria, Erskine lived in Dumfries until the age of 2 before moving to England.[3]
Career
She trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London.[4][5]
Erskine presented two seasons of Channel 4's cookery show Cook Yourself Thin[6] and presented Channel 4's daytime programme Cookery School in 2011.[7] 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, she has published Kitchen Magic and her latest book, the hugely successful Skinny Weeks and Weekend Feasts, has been a best-seller since it was published in April this year.
Her image and styling play a prominent role in her presenting. She was formerly a punk but at present has adopted stylised 1960s look and persona.[3]
On 14 July 2013, she joined The Sunday Times as the Sunday Times Cook in the newspaper’s weekly magazine.[8]
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)
References
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2007, pg 491
- ^ "The Honourable Griselda Maxwell Erskine". DueDil. DueDil Ltd. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Hardy, Rebecca (14 February 2011). "Think Nigella's risque? Meet Gizzi Erskine, the teenage rebel turned TV chef who's putting the sizzle into a new cookery show". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ Hendry, Steve (6 June 2010). "Punk chef Gizzi Erskine: I'm just like Nigella - except with tattoos and rock 'n' roll". Daily Record. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ^ Clay, Xanthe (2010-02-23). "Gizzi Erskine: a cookery goddess with her feet on the ground". Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
- ^ "Cook Yourself Thin". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ "Cookery School". Channel 4. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ^ Erskine, Gizzi (17 November 2013). "The best recipes of the celebrity chef era". Sunday Times Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
