Amy Willcock Explained

Amy Willcock is an American-born British-based cookery book writer, who having specialised in cooking on the AGA cooker, is popularly known as the "Queen of AGA cooking."^[1]

Born in Chicago, she moved to the UK with her young family in 1980. On discovering the AGA-cooker, she began developing recipes, and then became an AGA cookery demonstrator. Her first book "Aga Cooking" was published in October 2002 by Ebury Press.^[2]

She has since developed a dual-career, giving AGA Know How workshops around the UK,^[3] and as a cookery book author. Willcock appeared as judge on the 2010 edition of BBC One's Celebrity Masterchef.

Resident with her family on the Isle of Wight, Wilcock has two daughters, and runs the most successful Women's Institute group in the UK.^[4]

Publications

• Book: none . Amy Willcock. Aga Cooking. Ebury Press. 3 Oct 2002. 0-09-188621-X.
• Book: none . Amy Willcock. Amy Willcock's Aga Baking. Ebury Press. 2 Oct 2003. 0-09-189182-5.
• Book: none . Amy Willcock. Amy Willcock's Aga Know How. Ebury Press. 2 Oct 2003. 0-09-189583-9.
• Book: none . Amy Willcock. Amy Willcock's Aga Seasons. Ebury Press. 7 Oct 2004. 0-09-189913-3.
• Book: none . Amy Willcock. Amy Willcock's B&B Know How. Ebury Press. 3 Feb 2005. 0-09-190075-1.
• Book: none . Amy Willcock. At Home with Amy Willcock: 150 Recipes for Every Occasion from the Queen of Aga Cookery. Ebury Press. 6 Oct 2005. 0-09-190389-0.
• Book: none . Amy Willcock. The Aga Bible. Ebury Press. 5 Oct 2006. 0-09-191072-2.
• Book: none . Amy Willcock. Troubleshooting Tips for Your Aga. Ebury Press. 26 July 2007. 978-0-09-192015-9.
• Book: none . Amy Willcock. Cooking for One: 150 Recipes to Treat Yourself . Ebury Press. 7 May 2009. 978-0-09-192671-7.

External links

• Personal website
• The George Hotel

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stylish suppers from an Aga queen. Xanthe Clay . The Daily Telegraph. April 22, 2009. July 30, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100727045933/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/5195266/Stylish-suppers-from-an-Aga-queen.html. 27 July 2010 . live.
2. Book: Amy Wilcock. Aga Cooking. Ebury Press. 3 Oct 2002. 0-09-188621-X.
3. Web site: Book of the Month . Country Living . August 2005 . July 30, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110903234742/http://www.amywillcock.co.uk/claug05.htm . September 3, 2011 .
4. Web site: New face of the Women's Institute. Melanie Cable-Alexandra. Country Life magazine. August 23, 2007. July 30, 2010.