Gizzi Erskine Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Gizzi Erskine
Birth Name:Griselda Maxwell Erskine
Birth Date:1979 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Wandsworth
Education:Leiths School of Food and Wine
Occupation:Chef, TV personality, food writer

The Honourable Griselda "Gizzi" Maxwell Erskine (born 20 August 1979)[1] is an English cook and TV personality.

Early years

Erskine was born in Wandsworth, to photographer Iain Maxwell Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick (1926-1995),[2] and his second wife, model and actress Maria Josephine (daughter of Dr Josef Klupt, of Richmond, Surrey).[3] [4] She was the second of three daughters.[5]

Career

She trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London.[6] [7]

Erskine presented two seasons of Channel 4's cookery show Cook Yourself Thin[8] and presented Channel 4's daytime programme Cookery School in 2011.[9] 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, her books include Kitchen Magic and Skinny Weeks and Weekend Feasts.

On 14 July 2013, she joined The Sunday Times as the Sunday Times Cook in the newspaper's weekly magazine.[10]

Erskine is co-host of the podcast Sex, Lies and DM Slides, along with Sydney Lima. Each week celebrity guests such as Rose McGowan, Ruby Wax, Munroe Bergdorf and Jon Ronson are invited to open up their social media DM boxes.[11]

Bibliography

Cookbooks

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Griselda Maxwell. Findmypast. 20 July 2017.
  2. Web site: My Secret Life: Gizzi Erskine, 32, TV chef. Independent.co.uk. 2 May 2012.
  3. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990, pg 442
  4. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2007, pg 491
  5. Web site: Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006.
  6. News: Punk chef Gizzi Erskine: I'm just like Nigella – except with tattoos and rock 'n' roll . Daily Record . 6 June 2010 . 22 November 2013 . Hendry, Steve.
  7. Web site: Clay . Xanthe . Gizzi Erskine: a cookery goddess with her feet on the ground . The Daily Telegraph . 23 February 2010 . 29 June 2010.
  8. Web site: Cook Yourself Thin. Channel 4. 22 November 2013.
  9. Web site: Cookery School . Channel 4 . 22 November 2013.
  10. Web site: Erskine. Gizzi. The best recipes of the celebrity chef era. https://web.archive.org/web/20141215232340/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/article1337594.ece. dead. 15 December 2014. Sunday Times Magazine. 22 November 2013. 17 November 2013.
  11. Web site: Sex, Lies & DM Slides. 2022-01-01. Spotify. en.