Hattie Ellis Explained

Hattie Ellis is a British food writer and journalist.

Ellis trained as a journalist with Westminster Press and as a cook at Leith's Cookery School. She was a reporter on the Bath Evening Chronicle, a researcher for the BBC's Food and Drink programme, an associate producer for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's A Cook on the Wild Side, Escape to River Cottage and TV Dinners and also worked on Dorinda Hafner's Tastes of Britain.^[1] She has appeared on Breakfast Time, Woman's Hour and The Food Programme.^[2]

Books

• Spoonfuls of Honey: A Complete Guide to Honey's Flavours & Culinary Uses (2014) Pub. Pavilion Books
• Spoonfuls of Honey: Recipes from around the world (2020) Pub. Pavilion
• What to Eat?: 10 Chewy Questions About Food (2013) Pub. Granta Books
• Planet Chicken: The Shameful Story of the Bird on your Plate (2007) Pub. Holder and Stoughton
• Sweetness & Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee (2006) Pub. Crown
• Best of British Fish with Camilla Sacchi
• A Passion for Tea (2006) Pub. Ryland Peters and Small
• A Passion for Coffee (2006) Pub. Ryland Peters and Small
• Eating England: Why We Eat What We Eat (2001) Pub. Mitchell Beasley
• Trading Places: Europe's Finest Specialist Shops (1999) Pub. Mitchell Beasley
• Mood Food: Strategies for contemporary cooking and entertaining (1998) Pub. Headline
• Tea: Discovering, Exploring, Enjoying (2002) Pub. Ryland Peters and Small
• The one pot cook : 150 recipes for feeding family & friends (2015) Pub. Head of Zeus

Other writing

• Kew's Teas, Tonics and Tipples: Inspiring Botanical Drinks to Excite Your Tastebuds (2016) Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens - contributor
• Weill, Valerie London in Store (2005) Pub. Thames and Hudson - preface
• Samuelson, M. K. Sussex Recipe Book: With a Few Excursions into Kent (2005 reprint) Pub. Southover Press - introduction

Ellis has also written for the BBC,^[3] The Independent on Sunday^[4] and The Times.^[5]

Awards and nominations

• 2001 Eating England won Special Award of the Jury, Gourmand World Cookbooks Award (English section)^[6]
• 2006 Best of British Fish - won Guild of Food Writer's Award for 'Work on British Food'^[7]
• 2013 What to Eat? - won Food Book of the Year
• 2013 Spoonfuls of Honey - shortlisted for the Andre Simon food writing awards^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Ellis, Hattie . 2001 . Eating England : why we eat what we eat . Mitchell Beasley . London . 1 . 9781840003512 .
2. Book: Ellis, Hattie . 2015 . The one pot cook : 150 recipes for feeding family & friends . Head of Zeus . London, UK . 1 . 9781781851265 .
3. Web site: Hattie Ellis . . BBC.co.uk . 2024-04-05.
4. Web site: Hattie Ellis . . independent.co.uk . 2024-04-05.
5. Book: Ellis, Hattie . 2000 . Trading places : Europe's finest specialist shops . Mitchell Beazley . London . 1 . 9781840002560 .
6. Book: Ellis, Hattie . 2006 . A Passion for Tea . Ryland Peters & Small . London, UK . 1 . 9781845972288 .
7. 30 June 2006 . . Guild of Food Writers Awards . Bookseller . insert . No. 5236 . VNU Entertainment Media . 44.
8. Web site: 2019 Andre Simon Book Awards - the annual awards for food and drink books.. www.andresimon.co.uk. 2019-05-20.