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Kate Quilton
Birth Name:Katie Marie Quilton
Birth Date:30 November 1983
Birth Place:Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Occupation:Television presenter and journalist
Years Active:2012–present
Employer:Channel 4
Spouse:James Lance (m. 2016)
Education:University of Bristol

Katie Marie Quilton (born 30 November 1983 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) is an English television presenter and journalist. She is best known for presenting a number of Channel 4 television series, including Food Unwrapped since 2012.

Early life

Quilton grew up in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the youngest of four children. She attended Thurston Community College.[1]

Career

While at the University of Bristol, Quilton undertook a student equivalent of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, where she ate kebabs for one week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The stunt was picked-up by a national paper. Quilton began her career in television while a student, and worked for ITV and the BBC. She went on to work as a broadcast journalist in Somerset for the BBC, spending a lot of her time with farmers, and reporting mostly on food. At Bristol, Quilton was the editor of Epigram newspaper.

Quilton was one of Channel 4's commissioning editors, a position she held 2010–14.[2] She operated the World Wide Web editorial for some of the channel's biggest shows. She manages factual multi-platform commissions including The Food Hospital and Foxes Live. She won the BAFTA for Digital Creativity and the Digital Emmy award in 2014.[2]

She resigned as a commissioning editor in 2014 to focus full-time on Food Unwrapped.[3] In 2014, Quilton appeared with Food Unwrapped co-presenter Jimmy Doherty in The World's Best Diet, a one-off show for Channel 4.[4]

In 2015, she presented Superfoods: The Real Story, a four-part series for Channel 4.[5] The show returned for a second series of six episodes in 2016. She presented The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money, with David Fishwick, for four episodes in 2015.[6] Since January 2016, she presented Tricks of the Restaurant Trade alongside Simon Rimmer. The programming returned for a second series in November 2016. For the third series, she was replaced by Sophie Morgan.[7] [8] In 2016, she co-presented Be Your Doctor on Channel 4, alongside Tamal Ray.[9] She took part in a special edition of Christmas University Challenge in December 2016, as part of the University of Bristol alumni team.[10]

2017 and in 2019, she presented Channel 4's Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special series with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones.[11]

Personal life

In April 2016, Quilton ran the London Marathon for Papworth Hospital in memory of her father, Kevin Quilton.[12]

She married James Lance in 2016.[13] On the Food Unwrapped Christmas special in December 2017, she announced that she was expecting her first child. She gave birth to their son in May 2018. As presenter in the documentary Breastfeeding Uncovered, Quilton revealed she was harassed while nursing in public.[14]

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012—Food UnwrappedCo-presenter 9 series; with Jimmy Doherty and Matt Tebbutt
2014The World's Best DietCo-presenter One-off episode; with Jimmy Doherty
2015—Superfoods: The Real Story[15] Presenter 3 series
2015The Shopper's Guide to Saving MoneyCo-presenter 1 series; with David Fishwick
2016Tricks of the Restaurant Trade[16] Co-presenter
Be Your Own DoctorCo-presenter One-off episode; with Tamal Ray
Christmas University ChallengeContestant 1 episode; part of University of Bristol team
2017Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special[17] Reporter1 series; with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones
2018How to Be HealthyCo-presenter 1 series; with Tamal Ray
2018The Great British Germ HuntPresenter, Channel 4 One-off documentary
2018Breastfeeding UncoveredProducer and reporter Dispatches, Channel 4
2019The Great Formula Milk ScandalReporter Dispatches, Channel 4
2019The Truth About Chlorinated ChickenReporter Dispatches, Channel 4
2019Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special[18] Presenter1 series; with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones
2020How To BeatPresenter Series, Channel 4
Cruising: From Boom to BustPresenter One-off episode; Channel 4[19]
2023Food Prices: How High Will They Go?[20] PresenterTonight episode
How Safe Is Your Turkey? Dispatches[21] PresenterDispatches episode

Notes and References

  1. News: 26 September 2015 . Food Unwrapped presenter Kate Quilton inspires students at her former school, Thurston Community College . en . .
  2. Web site: Food Unwrapped, Kate Quilton. Channel 4. 28 May 2015.
  3. Web site: Kate Quilton steps down from C4 digital role. 28 May 2015. Matthew Campelli. 19 May 2014.
  4. Web site: Jimmy Doherty on The World's Best Diet: 'The strangest thing I ate? Fermented shark'. 28 May 2015. 30 June 2014. Rianne Ison.
  5. Web site: Superfoods: the Real Story, review: undernourished. Gerard. O'Donovan. 29 June 2015. The Daily Telegraph.
  6. Web site: The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money - All 4. Channel 4.
  7. Web site: C4 to divulge Tricks of the Restaurant Trade. broadcastnow.co.uk.
  8. Web site: new channel 4 tv programme tricks of the restaurant trade to air. The Caterer. 10 December 2015 .
  9. Web site: Great British Bake Off's Tamal has a brand new TV show. 9 August 2016. Digital Spy.
  10. Web site: Alumni line-up confirmed for Christmas University Challenge - Media Centre. BBC.
  11. Web site: Clear the Shelter (w/t) - Channel 4 - Info - Press. Channel 4.
  12. Web site: Virgin Money Giving - Fundraising - Kate Quilton is running the London Marathon. Kate. Quilton. Virgin Money Giving.
  13. News: TV presenter Kate Quilton opens up on her actor husband, motherhood and fat-busting curries . Maria . Croce . 1 January 2018 . The Daily Record.
  14. Web site: Rogers . Helen . ONE-TO-ONE WITH KATE QUILTON . RCM . The Royal College of Midwives . 17 September 2019.
  15. Web site: NEW series Superfoods: The Real Story reveals Grapefruit Diet really works - but there's a catch. Nicola. Agius. 29 June 2015. Daily Mirror.
  16. Web site: C4 commissions new 4-part series on the tricks of the restaurant trade - Channel 4 - Info - Press. Channel 4.
  17. Web site: Clear the Shelter - August 2017 - Professor Noel Fitzpatrick. 29 June 2017.
  18. Web site: Clear the Shelter - August 2017 - Professor Noel Fitzpatrick. 29 June 2017.
  19. Web site: Cruising: From Boom to Bust. teleboy.ch. 13 November 2020.
  20. Web site: Food Prices: How High Will They Go?. itv.com/news. 25 May 2023.
  21. Web site: How Safe Is Your Turkey? Dispatches. channel4.com. 10 December 2023.