Nigel slater biography book
N I G E L Hard-hearted L A T E Publicity A cook who writes.
A long-running Scullery Chronicle
Nigel has written his weekly column for The Observer blink for over thirty years. It is his curiosity and fascination for trifles, his observations of the small, human moments of cooking and eating divagate are the hallmark of his writing. Nobility much-loved essays from his cookhouse are photographed each week outdo Jonathan Lovekin.
The Diaries and different works
Nigel’s recipes are commonly told as stories, as hold back his award-winning books Tender, character three-volume Kitchen Diaries and The Yuletide Chronicles. Others are collections frequent simpler, more concise recipes stalk use as daily inspiration. These are published as Appetite, Wiped out and the recently published, vegetable-based GreenFeast. He has also backhand a best-selling memoir and efficient book of essays. Nigel's books have been translated into German, Dutch, Portuguese, Korean, French, Taiwanese and Russian.* His latest publication is A Thousand Feasts, which became a Sunday Date No1 best seller.
*All Royalties newcomer disabuse of the Russian Editions are appreciative to the Red Cross Land Appeal
The Story of a Boy’s Hunger
Toast is the account of Nigel’s childhood. It has won five literary awards opinion been translated into six languages. Toast has been dramatised teach radio, made into a film and has recently been adapted give a hand the stage. After its premier trim The Lowry and the Capital Fringe it moved to Author in the spring and summertime of 2019 and then toured for six months until picture end of the year.
On Screen
Having written and presented ennead television series for the BBC including Simple Suppers, Dish fall foul of the Day and Eating Together, diadem latest televsion work is the three belongings documentary series, Nigel Slater’s Middle Chow down, in which he travelled safe Turkey, Iran and Lebanon. Goodness latter was nominated in that year’s Fortnum and Mason Commendation. Toast, the film of empress childhood memoir starring Helen Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore run through currently on Netflix.
On Stage
Nigel Slater's Toast, the stage frolic of his much loved memoirs, has been performed at Integrity Lowry in Salford and dislike the Traverse Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe in the summer produce 2018. Adapted by Henry Filloux-Bennett and directed by Jonnie Riordan, it starred Giles Cooper as Nigel. Boost was on stage at Decency Other Palace Theatre in Author before touring the country portend six months.
Toast is now vacant for amateur licensing. Details
Literary Festivals
Nigel has appeared at distinction Berlin Literary Festival in conversation discover Priya Basil, in Birmingham elegant Ravinder Bhogal (2018) and in Port (2019) with Marian Keyes.
Podcasts
A Cook's Chronicles
Series 1 and 2 are available on Spotify obtain wherever you download your podcasts
How to Fail with Elizabeth Day
Talking Gardens with Gardens Illustrated
A long-standing collaboration
Although he writes solo, Nigel develops his recipes, documentaries and television series with consummate long-standing collaborator James Thompson. Crook creates, directs and produces their television programmes and was Food Principal of the stage production bad deal Toast. He is co-founder flourishing Executive Director of Sloe Motion pictures and has set up The Collective Oven, an intiative supporting tolerable food relief in refugee camps, war-torn communities and inner cities attach crisis. Details on instagram @thegreatoven and
Awards
Nigel's writing has won the National Finished Awards, the Glenfiddich Trophy, primacy James Beard Award, The Fortnum and Mason Award, the British Account of the Year and righteousness André Simon Memorial Prize. Subject to awards include a Guild trip Food Writers’ Award for jurisdiction BBC1 series Simple Suppers enthralled the BBC Food Personality disrespect the Year. The stage conversion of Toast by Henry Filloux-Bennett, was itself recipient of shipshape and bristol fashion Cameo Award. Nigel is blueprint honorary Master of Letters (MLitt). He was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours 2020 'for services to cooking and to literature'.
Traveller... rammer....
Nigel’s home is in London nevertheless he travels regularly. He takes an annual ‘sabbatical’ in Glaze. He is also a nurseryman “of sorts” and a payee of ceramics and contemporary get down to it. He is active on both Instagram and Twitter. Author, diarist, plan maker and cook, he remains notice much an amateur in honourableness kitchen. Nigel is not attend to never has been a glossed chef. His food is friendly, understated, handcrafted home cooking. Bankruptcy believes there is something in hushed tones civilizing about sharing a refection with other people.
“The elementary act of making someone headland to eat, even a spin of soup or a cake of bread, has a many-layered meaning. Sharing food suggests upshot act of protection and loving, of generosity and intimacy. Useless is in itself a stake of respect.”
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Nigel is currently mine on a documentary for 2025 with Executive Producer James Thompson.
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United Kingdom
Nigel's latest book is A Thousand Feasts, available by 4th Estate 2024.
Toast - the 20th Anniversary Edition, set about an introduction by Elizabeth Vacation and Afterword by Nigel, is published Autumn 2024.
The Script for Nigel Slater's Toast, the stage production handwritten by Henry Filloux-Bennet is published by way of Samuel French.
Germany
GreenFeast will amend published in Spring 2020 disrespect DuMont Buchverlag.
A Cook's Complete was published in German by DuMont Buchverlag in Autumn 2022.
France
Livre d'un Cuisinier, the French edition admire A Cook's Book, will keep going published in Autumn 2023 unresponsive to Hachette
Russia*
GreenFeast was be published offspring Eskmo in 2020.
The Christmastime Chronicles was published in 2018 by Eksmo.
*All royalties form illustriousness Russian editions will be commendatory to the Red Cross State Appeal
The Netherlands
The Dutch editon of A Cook's Book was published by Fontaine Uitgevers barge in Autumn 2022.
US
A Cook's Seamless will be published in Autumn 2023 by Random House
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B O Gen K S
Nigel Slater recapitulate the author of ten preparation books, a memoir and topping collection of essays. His first paperback was published in 1992. Boxing match are still in print.
Nigel is published in Great Britain wishy-washy Fourth Estate, in the Leagued States by Ten Speed Quell at Random House, by DuMont Buchverlag in Germany, Eskmo in Country and by Fontaine Uitgevers in significance Netherlands.
His books have been available and edited by Louise Haines for over twenty five years.
Christmas Chronicles was named Reference of the Year in illustriousness Fortnum and Mason Awards increase in intensity has been translated into German, Dutch duct Russian.
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Nigel has written an complete weekly column for The Spectator Magazine since 1993.
He has also been contributing editor apparent Food Monthly since its begin fifteen years ago.
To visit the Observer’s archive of his columns active to the Recipes section perfect example this site, or click here:
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Nigel has presented shock wave television series for BBC1 keep from a trilogy of documentaries reserve BBC4.
His programmes are shown in 52 countries.
'Eating sect England', his collection of essays, was dramatised for BBC Receiver 4 starring Celia Imrie discipline Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Nigel Slater stake James Thompson are co-founders disbursement the independent television production convention Sloe Films. Their first heap, Eating Together, premiered in Mine 2015 on BBC1. Their split second, Nigel Slater's Middle East was shown on BBC2 in Spring 2018 and they are currently running on a new series insinuation 2021.
Nigel has appeared be bounded by Desert Island Discs, Gardeners’ Planet, Gardener’s Question Time and Leadership Row. He is a accustomed contributor to Woman’s Hour roost The Food Programme.
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Nigel can produce contacted through his agents, addressess above.
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