Abstract:The development of cooking on television, and the associated rise in 'celebrity chefs' is often seen as a modern phenomenon involving cooks like Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson in Britain. Fanny Cradock (1909Cradock ( -1994 is from time to time credited as a pioneer in television cooking and Britain's 'first celebrity chef'. However little detail of her career has been documented, despite working as a journalist, radio and television presenter, food demonstrator, writer of fiction, children's books and cookboo… Show more
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