Jenny Bristow
Jenny Bristow | |
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| Born | Jennifer Bristow Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Home economics teacher (former) Celebrity chef, Author |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | Bobby Bristow (?–present) 3 children |
| Website | jennybristow |
Jennifer Ann Bristow BEM is a Northern Irish cook and cookery writer. She is best known for her cookery television series produced by UTV.
Personal life
Bristow was brought up on her family's dairy farm near Coleraine.[1] Before her broadcasting career, Bristow worked as a home economics teacher.[2][3] She has three children.[3]
Television series
Bristow made her first television appearance on Ulster Television's Farming Ulster in 1989 demonstrating how to cook with potatoes, which led a producer at the station to offer Bristow her own series.[4]
- High Days and Holidays[5]
- High Days and Other Days (1992)[6]
- Cookin' in the Kitchen (1995)[7]
- Jenny's Country Cooking (1997–1998, 2 series)[8]
- Cooked in a Flash (1999–2000, 2 series)[9]
- Jenny Bristow Cooks Gloriously Good Food (2001)[10]
- Jenny Bristow Cooks for the Seasons (2002–2003, 2 series)[11]
- Jenny Bristow Light (2003)[12]
- Jenny Bristow: A Taste of Sunshine (2005)[13]
- Jenny Bristow's USA (2007)[14]
All of the above series were produced by UTV, and were filmed in a converted barn at Bristow's farm near Cullybackey.[2] Bristow's series have been transmitted in other ITV regions (Border,[7] Central,[6] Grampian,[6] Granada[5][7] and LWT,[6] and on television stations in the United States and Australia.[3]
Ratings for Bristow's series have peaked at 215,000 viewers in Northern Ireland.[15]
Writing career
Bristow has so far published twelve cookery books.[1] Books accompanying Bristow's most recent series have been published by Belfast-based publisher Blackstaff Press.[16] Recipes from Bristow's books have appeared in the Belfast Telegraph[17] and Sunday Life[18] newspapers.
Other work
As well as her television and writing work, Bristow takes part in cookery demonstrations and corporate and charitable events.[1] Bristow has taken part in corporate events such as the Balmoral Show[19] and Women on the Move,[20] as well as fundraising events for UNICEF,[21] Macmillan Cancer,[21] the British Heart Foundation[22] and Northern Ireland Hospice Care.[23] Bristow has also been involved in awareness campaigns encouraging people to consume less salt[24] and getting children to practice healthy eating.[25]
In 2007, a Ballymena-based company introduced a biscuit range using recipes created by Bristow.[26][27]
Bristow was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting and the food industry in Northern Ireland.[28]
References
- ^ a b c jennybristow.com: About Me; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ a b Belfast Telegraph: "Jenny gets seasoning just right"; dated 29 September 2002; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ a b c Belfast Telegraph: "My taste for the good life"; dated 26 September 2005; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Cooking in the kitchen is Jenny's passion": dated 23 October 2001; accessed 19 January 2009
- ^ a b BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ a b c d BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ a b c BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ BFI Film and TV Database; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ Sunday Life: "Jenny scores over TV footie"; dated 16 June 2002; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ Blackstaff Press; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Foodies corner"; dated 5 November 2001; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ Sunday Life: "Sneak peek at Jenny"; dated 29 September 2002; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ The News Letter: "Balmoral Show gets under way"; dated 14 May 2008, accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Jenny shares her recipe for success"; dated 24 March 2006; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ a b Belfast Telegraph: "Jenny's special cookery class" dated 23 March 2000; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ The News Letter: "Help to raise funds for BHF Heart Nurses; dated 4 December 2007, accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ The News Letter: "Raise 'dough' for hospice coffee morning with Jenny"; dated 17 May 2007; access 15 June 2008
- ^ The News Letter: "Stay healthy – eat less salt"; dated 20 March 2007, accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ The News Letter: "Science is put on the menu"; dated 31 May 2007, accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ jennybristow.com: Newsletter – Winter 2007; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Biscuit firm eyes States"; dated 21 January 2008; accessed 15 June 2008
- ^ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (invalid
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