Gizzi Erskine

Gizzi Erskine

Gizzi Erskine at the Glamour Awards in 2015
Born Griselda Maxwell Erskine
(1979-08-20) 20 August 1979
Dumfries, Scotland
Residence Hackney, East London, England
Education Leiths School of Food and Wine
Occupation 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.gizzierskine.com

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

References

  1. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2007, pg 491
  2. "The Honourable Griselda Maxwell Erskine.". DueDil. DueDil Ltd. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Clay, Xanthe (2010-02-23). "Gizzi Erskine: a cookery goddess with her feet on the ground". Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  6. "Cook Yourself Thin". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  7. "Cookery School". Channel 4. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  8. Erskine, Gizzi (17 November 2013). "The best recipes of the celebrity chef era". Sunday Times Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

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