Website www.gizzierskine.com Name Gizzi Erskine | Role Chef | |
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Full Name Griselda Maxwell Erskine Born 20 August 1979 (age 44) ( 1979-08-20 ) 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 Books Gizzi's Kitchen Magic, Gizzi's Healthy Appetite: Food to nourish the body and feed the soul Profiles | ||
Gizzi Erskine’s Korean Fried Chicken | Celeb Dishes
Griselda "Gizzi" Maxwell Erskine (born 20 August 1979) is an English chef and TV personality.
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- Gizzi Erskines Korean Fried Chicken Celeb Dishes
- Gizzi erskine on iron chef uk
- Early years
- Career
- References
Gizzi erskine on iron chef uk
Early years
Erskine was born in Wandsworth, London to Maria (née Klupt, born 1948 in Hammersmith) and Iain Maxwell Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick (1926, Wandsworth, London-1995), The second of three daughters (all Wandsworth born), Erskine grew up in Belgravia, Central London until the age of 8 when her parents divorced and she moved with her mother and siblings to north-west London.
Career
She trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London.
Erskine presented two seasons of Channel 4's cookery show Cook Yourself Thin and presented Channel 4's daytime programme Cookery School in 2011. 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.
On 14 July 2013, she joined The Sunday Times as the Sunday Times Cook in the newspaper’s weekly magazine.