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Rachel
Allen
Rachel
Allen was brought up in Dublin
and always loved cooking. She trained at the internationally reputed Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland,
where she still teaches.
Her philosophy on food is that good ingredients simply prepared will give great
results. Her food reflects the demands of her own lifestyle - busy working
mother entertaining at home producing simple food classics with her own
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Mary
Berry
Judge
of this years Great
British Bake off.
MARY BERRY is the doyenne of family
cookery, and specialises in Aga cookery and cakes and desserts. She is a
regular contributor to TV and radio food programmes and has written over 50
best selling cookery books, including the classic Aga Cookbook and now teaches
Aga cookery courses at her home in Buckinghamshire.
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James
Martin
James
Martin has made a great impact since he began to appear on television in
November ‘96 and has rarely been off screen since. Currently he's gracing our
screens as presenter of BBC 1's hugely successful Saturday Kitchen, regularly
attracting viewers in excess of 3.5 million (nearly triple the amount of
viewers when James inherited the show), it is one of the most popular weekend
shows with a phenomenal 32-35% audience share. He was a regular team member on Ready
Steady Cook (BBC 2) and
in Autumn 2006 gained a whole new army of fans with his new found prowess on
the dance floor in Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1) where he reached the
semi-finals.
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Theo
Randall
Theo Randall, formerly Head Chef and Partner at The River Café, opened
his fTheo Randall, formerly Head Chef and Partner at The River Café, opened
his first restaurant, Theo Randall at The InterContinental to huge critical
acclaim and success five years ago and hasn’t looked back since.
Theo’s
rising profile has been bolstered by the many television appearances he has
made of late. He was a firm favourite on Market
Kitchen (UKTV) and has taken part in many other BBC shows including Celebrity MasterChef (BBC 1), Celebrity Edition of Weakest Link – Food
and Drink special (BBC 1), Countryfile
(BBC 1), Beat the Chef (BBC 1) Lorraine (ITV 1), Something for the Weekend (BBC 2), Food Poker (BBC 2) and Saturday
Kitchen (BBC 1) as well as work for Food
Network. Such is the excitement about Theo, several production companies
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Antony
Worrall Thompson
Born
in 1951 in Stratford-Upon-Avon,
Antony Worrall Thompson’s
passage to culinary
stardom has not
exactly been smooth.
Antony’s story
very nearly came
to an abrupt halt
at the age of sixteen
when his face was
crushed in an horrific
rugby accident,
which left him badly
disfigured. But
pioneering surgery
saved the day, enabling
Antony to pursue
what was to become
the enduring love
of his life – cooking.
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