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James Martin (born 30 June 1972 in Malton, North Yorkshire), is an English cook who first appeared on television in 1996.
Biography
James was brought up on a farm with two horses.
Television career
He first started to appear on television in 1996 with various programmes including "James Martin: Yorkshire's Finest" (set in various Yorkshire locations with an emphasis on Yorkshire cuisine) but came to wider public attention on the BBC 2 programme Ready Steady Cook. In 2005 Martin was partnered with Camilla Dallerup in Strictly Come Dancing, a celebrity ballroom dancing TV show, coming fourth.
Martin co-presented BBC Food's "Stately Suppers" with Alistair Appleton, and then appeared on the Channel 4 programme Richard & Judy, where he would visit a member of the public in their own home who had been nominated to be cooked a 'comfort food' meal. He is now the presenter of the new version of the BBC 1 show Saturday Kitchen, which is being made by Cactus TV, the company behind the "Richard & Judy" show.
In 2007 he starred in a BBC 2 series named Sweet Baby James (named in reference to the James Taylor song) in which he focused on desserts, puddings and cakes while visiting places from his culinary past that have inspired his recipes. Upcoming chef Will Torrent appeared as his assistant.
Martin appeared on Blue Peter in April 2007 on Can You Cook It? being a celebrity judge choosing the new Blue Peter "Junior Chef", who was Jake Sawyers.
In June and July 2007, he appeared co-hosting the 12 Yard series The Great British Village Show on BBC 1. He finished off the year with a series on UKTV Food called James Martin's Christmas Feasts.
He filmed a 30 part series for the BBC in 2007 called Eating with the Enemy which was held back for a year before finally being broadcast in July and August 2008.
James Martin holds the world record for carrot chopping in which he peeled and chopped 515g of carrots in one minute, during a Ready Steady Cook Children in Need Special.
Product range
In 2008, Martin released the Cuisina by James Martin range of appliances that he personally helped to design[1]. The range was launched by Premium Appliance Brands[1] having been designed with the aid of Bigblue Product Design.
In 2003, Martin released the Stellar James Martin range of cookware that he designed and styled in collaboration with Stellar.
Personal life
Martin has a passion for performance cars[1] which led to him entering a vintage Maserati in the 2008 Mille Miglia[2]. This was televised on 28 December 2008. He failed to complete the race.
He lives in a small village in Hampshire, where he is hardly ever seen, although his extravagent and noisy birthday parties are well known.
He owns a dog called Fudge.
