Celebrity Chefs
Weekend 14 & 15 July 2007
Raymond Blanc
www.manoir.com
Raymond Blanc is acknowledged as one of the finest chefs in the world.
He has been credited with fostering a change in the nation's eating habits.
His hotel and restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons has held two Michelin stars for over 20 years.
Frank Bordoni
http://www.lemoncello.co.uk/
Nicknamed ‘The Body’ by AWT, award winning chef Frank Bordoni is fast becoming a household name with regular slots on UKTV, BBC2, ITV, SKY ONE, CH4 and GMTV. Frank recently launched his first restaurant LEMONCELLO in Amersham, Bucks offering modern Italian food and currently appears on ITV’s Daily Cooks!
Celia Brooks Brown
www.celiabrooksbrown.com
Celia’s inventive and delicious vegetarian food has made her an established name and she conveys her passion in every way possible.
She is the author of 6 cookbooks, writes a column for The Times website and contributes to magazines such as olive. She performs cookery demonstrations around the world.
Antonio Carluccio
http://www.carluccios.com/
Antonio Carluccio, OBE is a restaurateur, author and TV personality. Together with his wife, he is responsible for the creation of Carluccio's caffes and delis, which specialise in Italian food.
He is a leading authority in Britain on Italian food and funghi and has authored many books on Italian regional cuisine.
Roz Denny
www.cutecook.co.uk
Roz takes great pleasure introducing children to the joys of food, making simple meals, sandwiches, baking and generally messing about in the kitchen.
Roz has written over 35 cookery books including 8 for children and 5 for Gordon Ramsay. She helped start the Guild of Food Writer’s children's cooking campaign Cook It!
Sophie Grigson
Sophie has a natural ability to teach cookery in an informal and friendly way. Her TV career began in 1993 with the award winning Grow Your Greens, Eat Your Greens.
She regularly contributes recipes and columns for national newspapers.
Her latest book, Vegetables, was published in October 2006.
Jeya Henry
www.brookes.ac.uk/
Professor Jeya Henry is Head of Food Sciences and Nutrition at Oxford Brookes University. He is a Consultant to the World Health Organisation.
Professor Henry's major research interests include energy metabolism and obesity. He will talk about 'Why we like what we eat. The Science and Art of Eating.
Annabel Karmel MBE
www.annabelkarmel.com
Annabel Karmel MBE is the world’s leading expert and best-selling author on Baby and Children’s food and nutrition.
Since 1991 she has written 14 books selling over 2 million copies worldwide.
Prue Leith OBE
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk
Prue Leith OBE has variously been a food writer, TV cook, radio broadcaster and novelist. Her company, Leith’s, included a Michelin-starred restaurant, Leith’s School of Food and Wine.
Today she chairs the School Food Trust, which is charged with improving school dinners and getting children to eat them!
Rob Rees MBE
www.robrees.com
Rob Rees MBE, ‘The Cotswold Chef TM’, is a passionate advocate of the benefits that food culture can bring to families. His campaign to Get Gloucestershire Cooking reached 20,000 young people last autumn alone.
He is a board member of the School Food Trust.
Nora Sands
www.noraskitchen.com
Nora shot to fame as Jamie Oliver’s right-hand woman on Jamie’s School Dinners campaigning to improve the nutritional value of school dinners.
Her first cookbook Nora’s Dinners is aimed at 7-12 year olds. Nora still works at Kidbrooke School serving around 600 kids each day, where she serves fresh, homemade food.
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