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Bios:
Nigella Lawson
Biography:
Successful, prolific journalist and broadcaster Nigella Lawson has
been described as Britain's "It Girl." One of England's most recognized
culinary personalities and the U.K.'s most beautiful woman, Lawson
now takes on America, as her extremely popular cooking and lifestyle
series Nigella Bites, a smash hit on Britain's Channel 4, premieres
in the U.S. November 2001 on the Style network and E! Entertainment
Television.
Lawson
began her career writing the restaurant review column for The Spectator
while on staff of the Sunday Times. She eventually became the publication's
deputy literary editor. Her writing led to her current post as food
editor of the British version of Vogue and her makeup column for
Times Magazine. She also writes for Evening Standard, The Guardian
and Daily Telegraph in the U.K. and for Gourmet and Bon Appetit
magazines in the U.S.
With her unique and refreshing approach to cookery, Lawson's motto
is simple: "To achieve maximum pleasure through minimum effort."
Her first book, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good
Food (1998), was the basis for her popular TV series Nigella Bites.
Her second book, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, published in the
U.K. in fall 2000, became an instant bestseller. (Hyperion will
publish the book in the U.S. November 2001.)
Not a stranger to the public eye, Lawson is the daughter of Nigel
Lawson, who served as Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer,
ranking second most powerful person in the government at the time.
Lawson is also the widow of John Diamond, a popular British TV host
and journalist. She has one daughter, Cosima, and son, Bruno.
Awards and Prizes:
• Guild of Food Writers 2001: Cookery Book of the Year, How to Be
a Domestic Goddess
• WH Smith Book Awards 2001: Lifestyle Book of the Year, How to
Be a Domestic Goddess
• British Book Awards 2000: Author of the Year
• British Book Awards 1998: Illustrated Book of the Year, How to
Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food
Television
Credits:
Nigella Bites
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