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Profile
Aldo
Zilli is chef patron
of the Zilli Fish group
and is one of Soho's
most flamboyant restaurateurs.
Owner of Zilli Fish
(the flagship restaurant),
Zilli Café, Zilli
Green and Zilli Bar,
Aldo is a larger than
life personality whose
profile has rocketed
in recent years.
Biography
Aldo
has been a member of
the Ready Steady Cook
team (BBC 2) attracting
viewers in excess of
2 million – a position
he was invited to take
after his immensely
popular episodes for
BBC 1’s Sunday Life
(Aldo’s episodes were
the highest of the series),
where he focused on
food waste.
The
last two years have
been great for Aldo
with the opening of
his wildly successful
restaurant, Zilli Green
in Soho and two Centre
Parcs cafes not to mention
the release of his stunning
book, Zilli Light (S&S).
When not in the restaurants
or writing books, Aldo
has been busy filming
Ten Mile Menus (ITV
1) and GMTV (ITV 1)
and appearing on various
sports shows. He currently
starring in ITV 1’s
prime-time smash, Home
is Where the Heart is
(May 2011), in which
he and other high profile
celebrities invite a
homeless person into
their homes to try and
turn their lives around.
Aldo is due to leave
shortly for Sicily to
film a brand new series
for UKTV due for broadcast
Autumn 2011.
Previously,
Aldo has appeared on
BBC 2’s Put Your Money
Where Your Mouth Is
– Aldo was pitted against
Nick Nairn and won his
week’s worth of challenges
comfortably, as well
as BBC 2’s Ready Steady
Cook, ITV 1’s Daily
Cooks Challenge, BBC
1’s Step up to the Plate,
BBC 1’s Eating in the
Sun, Channel 5’s Family
Recipe, UKTV’s Market
Kitchen, BBC 1’s Chelsea
Flower Show, BBC 3’s
The Real Hustle, BBC
1’s The One Show, ITV
2’s Extra Factor, ITV
1’s Christmas Cooks
Challenge, BBC 1’s Breakfast
and Channel 5 News regularly.
When
not busy with the above
shows, Aldo films regularly
n current affairs in
food and made a huge
impact with his Tonight
with Trevor MacDonald
special on diets for
ITV 1 which was broadcast
in Spring 2009 and a
programme on Sleep for
BBC 1 primetime, also
broadcast in Spring
2009.
Aldo
has enjoyed a phenomenally
successful relationship
with Kelloggs Optivita
with several TV adverts
and accompanying PR
campaigns. These were
the biggest campaigns
Kelloggs have launched
in the UK since Special
K in the 1970s.
Aldo
is probably best know
after attracting a huge
following on Celebrity
Fit Club (ITV 1), where
he showcased his dynamic
personality and led
the successful team
to victory, gaining
a new slender figure
in the process. Aldo
has always been synonymous
with healthy eating
and this was the perfect
showcase for his delicious,
Mediterranean food.
Aldo
also endeared himself
to the nation with his
winning run on Celebrity
X Factor (ITV1) where
he and the other 3 singing
chefs wowed the audiences
with their songs in
Italian, French and
English - they proved
enormously popular making
it through to the last
stages of the competition.
He
has recorded several
series for Carlton Food
Network including One
Man and His Hob in 2001
as well as Perfect Pasta
with Aldo Zilli; Aldo's
Italian Job and Aldo
and Friends. In 2000
he co-presented a series
for CFN called Two Chefs
In Cape with Brian Turner
and he has guested on
a number of programmes
including BBC2's Food
& Drink, The Weakest
Link, The Vanessa Show,
The Generation Game,
Channel 4's Light Lunch
and The Food Factory
for ITV.
Aldo
has been resident chef
for The Sun newspaper,
and has written several
books: Sainsbury's Quick
and Easy Italian Food;
Aldo's Italian Food
For Friends (1998) and
Zilli Fish (1999), Foolproof
Italian (BBC Books)
March 2001 and Simon
& Schuster published
The Zilli Cook Book
in October 2003. His
latest books are Fish
Cook (Jacqui Small Books,
2006) and his autobiography,
Being Zilli (John Blake,
2008). Aldo latest
cookery book entitled
Zilli Light, was released
in January 2010. The
paperback edition of
his book, Being Zilli
was released Jan 2011.
Updated
20/05/2011
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