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| Birth Name(s) : Nigella Lawson |
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Full Nigella Lawson Biography
Nigella Lucy Lawson (born January 6, 1960) is an English journalist, culinary writer, broadcaster and television presenter. After graduating from Oxford, Lawson worked as a book reviewer and soon became the deputy literary editor of the Sunday Times. She proceeded to write her first cookery book entitled How to Eat which became an instant bestseller. Lawson wrote her second bestselling book, How to be a Domestic Goddess in 2000, winning her a prestigious British Book Award. Her career progressed in the United Kingdom when she hosted the successful Channel 4 cookery programme, Nigella Bites, which was accompanied with another bestseller. She also hosted a less successful chat show on ITV in 2005, which was followed by two highly successful cookery series on BBC Two. Lawson also enjoys a flourishing career in the United States where Nigella Feasts has been aired. Her own cookware range is reportedly worth £7 million a year, and she has sold nearly 3 million cookery books worldwide.
To uncover some of her family's extensive history, Lawson took part in the third series of the BBC family-history documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, in an edition first broadcast on 11 October 2006. She traced her mother's side of the family, the Salmon (originally Solomon) family (owners of J. Lyons and Co.) to Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors in the Netherlands and the Rhineland of Germany. One of these ancestors, Coenraad Sammes aka Joseph, had fled to England to escape a prison sentence following a conviction for theft. Lawson was disappointed not to have Sephardi ancestry in her family. The episode was watched by 6.1 million viewers.
Lawson's early career consisted of writing book reviews, after which she proceeded to write a restaurant column for The Spectator in 1985 and a comment column for The Observer. She then became deputy literary editor of the Sunday Times in 1986. It was there that she met her future husband John Diamond. Lawson attracted unwanted publicity in 1989 when she publicly admitted voting for Labour in an election as opposed to her father's Conservative Party, and then criticized Thatcher in print.
A new 13-part series, entitled Nigella Express, began on BBC Two on Monday 3 September 2007: "a show packed with delicious ideas for good food fast". The food programme that is filmed partly in her own kitchen, suggests ways of making simple and quick dishes which are aimed at those with a busy lifestyle. After Lawson is seen shopping and making the food, she serves the dishes to family and friends at her home. The television show has become another ratings success, where so far in its run, it has been one of BBC Two's top rated shows yet again. The first episode debuted with 2.7 million, a high percentage above the channel's slot average. The second episode secured strong viewing figures of 3.2 million. Her power to sway the public was demonstrated once more when sales of Riesling wine increased by 30% after she used it in her Coq au Riesling recipe on her show. Nigella Express has been sold to the Food Network in America, and her accompanying book with the same name as the series is due to be released there in November. It is currently the number one bestselling British book on Amazon. Lawson also cooked on the ITV's This Morning in September 2007.
Lawson met journalist John Diamond in 1986, when they were both writing for The Sunday Times. Three years later, they were married in Venice. They had two children, Cosima and Bruno. Lawson, whose mother and sister passed away from cancer, lost Diamond to throat cancer in March 2001 after he had been diagnosed in 1997. During his illness, Diamond chronicled and documented his life with cancer in a newspaper column, documentary and book.
- Australia - ABC, Lifestyle Channel and XYZnetworks
- Belgium - VRT
- Brazil - Globosat
- Canada - Food Network Canada
- Czech Republic - Ceska Programova Spolecnost
- Denmark - DRTV
- Finland - YLE
- France - Cuisine TV
- Hong Kong - Hong Kong Cable TV
- Hungary - Spektrum
- Iceland- RUV
- India - Discovery Travel & Living
- Ireland - RTE
- Israel - Keshet
- Italy - Raisat
- Japan - NHK
- Luxembourg - RTL
- Netherlands - RTL
- New Zealand - Television New Zealand, The Living Channel
- Norway - NRK
- Poland - TVN Style
- Singapore - Television Corporation of Singapore
- South Africa - SABC
- South Korea - CJ Media
- Sweden - TV4
- United Kingdom - Channel 4, UKTV Food, ITV and BBC
- United States - E!, Style Network, Food Network |
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