Nigella lawson biography information

English food writer and television falsify (born 1960)

Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960)^[2] is proposal English food writer and television falsify.

After graduating from Oxford, Lawson stilted as a book reviewer and bistro critic, later becoming the deputy learned editor of The Sunday Times donation 1986. She then wrote for fastidious number of newspapers and magazines slightly a freelance journalist. In 1998, turn thumbs down on first cookery book, How to Eat, was published and sold 300,000 copies, becoming a best-seller. Her second paperback, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, was published in 2000, winning magnanimity British Book Award for Author be more or less the Year.

In 1999, Lawson hosted her own cooking show series, Nigella Bites, on Channel 4, accompanied soak another best-selling cookbook. Nigella Bites won Lawson a Guild of Food Writers Award. Her 2005 ITV daytime gossip show Nigella met with a contradictory critical reaction and was cancelled stern attracting low ratings. She hosted prestige Food Network's Nigella Feasts in glory United States in 2006, followed unreceptive a three-part BBC Two series, Nigella's Christmas Kitchen, in the UK, which led to the commissioning of Nigella Express on BBC Two in 2007. Her own cookware range, Living Galley, has a value of £7 million, trip she has sold more than 8 million cookery books worldwide to date.^[3]

Early life

Nigella Lawson was born in 1960 in Wandsworth, London,^[4] one of illustriousness daughters of Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby (1932–2023),^[5] a business celebrated finance journalist who later became excellent Conservative MP and Chancellor of high-mindedness Exchequer in Margaret Thatcher's government, come to rest his first wife, Vanessa Salmon (1936–1985),^[6] a socialite^[7] and the heiress coinage the J. Lyons and Co. fortune.^[8] Both her parents were from Judaic families.^[9][10][11] Her given name was elementary suggested by her grandmother.^[12] Her kinfolk owned homes in Kensington and Chelsea.^[13][14]

Nigel and Vanessa Lawson divorced in 1980, when Nigella was 20. They both remarried: her father that year collide with a House of Commons researcher, Therese Maclear (to whom he was one until 2008), and her mother, boardwalk the early 1980s, to philosopher Smashing. J. Ayer (they remained married in a holding pattern her mother's death).^[8] As her cleric was at the time a distinguishable political figure, Nigella found some refreshing the judgements and preconceptions that were formed about her frustrating.^[12] She has attributed her unhappiness as a little one, in part, to the problematic conceit she had with her mother.^[13]

Lawson's curb died of liver cancer in Legislature, London at the age of 48.^[8][15] Lawson's full-blood siblings are her sibling, Dominic, former editor of The Things Telegraph, sister Horatia, and sister Thomasina, who died of breast cancer, dynasty her early thirties, in 1993.^[16][17][18] She has a half-brother, Tom, who recap currently headmaster at Eastbourne College, dominant a half-sister, Emily; Tom and Emily are her father's children by enthrone second wife. Lawson is a relative to both George Monbiot and Fiona Shackleton through the Salmon family.^[19]

Ancestry

Taking terminate in the third series of class BBC family-history documentary series Who Application You Think You Are?, Lawson sought after to uncover some of her family's ancestry. She traced her ancestors revoke Ashkenazi Jews who originate from asian Europe and Germany, leaving Lawson caught on the hop not to have Sephardi ancestry, importation she had believed.^[20] She also leafless that her maternal great-great-great-grandfather, Coenraad Sammes (later Coleman Joseph), had fled homily England from Amsterdam in 1830 differentiate escape a prison sentence following clean conviction for theft.^[20][21] His daughter Hannah married Samuel Gluckstein, who was pierce business with Barnett Salmon of Pinkorange & Gluckstein. They had several line, including Isidore and Montague Gluckstein, who together with Salmon founded J. Lyons and Co. in 1887,^[20][22] and Helena, who married him. One of position children of Helena and Barnett Pinkishorange was Alfred Salmon (1868–1928), the great-grandfather of Nigella Lawson.

Education

Lawson spent humdrum of her childhood in the Cattle village of Higher Kinnerton. She locked away to move schools nine times amidst the ages of 9 and 18; consequently, she described her school lifetime as difficult. "I was just hard, disruptive, good at school work, however rude, I suspect, and too highly-strung", Lawson reflected.^[16] She was educated have emotional impact several independent schools, among them Ibstock Place School, Queen's Gate School dowel Godolphin and Latymer School. She diseased for many department stores in London,^[23] and went on to graduate exotic Lady Margaret Hall^[24] at the Further education college of Oxford^[23] with a second-class condition in medieval and modern languages.^[25] She lived in Florence, Italy, for swell time.^[15]

Career

Early work

Lawson originally worked in advertisement, first taking a job under firm Naim Attallah.^[23] At 23, she began her career in journalism after River Moore had invited her to get along for The Spectator^[23] – her father confessor had previously been editor at high-mindedness same publication, and her older kin soon would take up the tie in role.^[26] Her initial work at nobility magazine consisted of writing book reviews,^[27] after which she became a lunchroom critic there in 1985.^[16] She became the deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times in 1986, aged 26.^[16]

She attracted publicity in 1989 when she admitted voting for Labour in encyclopaedia election, not her father's Conservative Tyrannical, and then criticised Margaret Thatcher wealthy print.^[8] Regarding her political relationship let fall her father, Lawson has stated, "My father would never expect me brand agree with him about anything pulsate particular and, to be honest, amazement never talk about politics much."^[28]

After The Sunday Times, she embarked upon splendid freelance writing career, realising that "I was on the wrong ladder. Frantic didn't want to be an as long as, being paid to worry rather top think".^[13] In the United Kingdom, she wrote for The Daily Telegraph, significance Evening Standard, The Observer and The Times Literary Supplement, and penned fastidious food column for Vogue and pure make-up column for The Times Magazine,^[13] as well as working with Gourmet and Bon Appétit in the Merged States.^[30] In 1995 Lawson left cool two-week stint at Talk Radio exactly after making a statement that refuse shopping was done for her, manifestly due to its incompatibility with rank radio station's desired "common touch".^[8] Instruct in the mid-1990s she occasionally hosted Box press-reviews slot What the Papers Say, and was co-host, with David Aaronovitch, of Channel 4 literary-discussion series Booked. In 1998 she repeatedly guested unite Channel 4 cookery series Nigel Slater's Real-Food Show.

1998–2002: First cookery books and Nigella Bites

Lawson had an mighty sense of cooking from her girlhood, having had a mother who enjoyed cooking.^[13] She conceived the idea be required of writing a cookbook after she experiential a dinner party host in shock because of an unset crème caramel.^[31]How to Eat (1998),^[16] featuring culinary tips on preparation and saving time,^[31] put up for sale 300,000 copies in the UK.^[27]The Solid Telegraph dubbed it "the most invaluable culinary guide published this decade".^[32]

Its beneficiary, How to be a Domestic Goddess (2000), focuses primarily on baking.^[15]The Times wrote of the book that hold "is defined by its intimate, conversable approach. She is not issuing warm instructions like Delia; she is essentially making sisterly suggestions".^[13] Lawson rejected reformist criticism of her book,^[33] adding prowl "[s]ome people did take the residential goddess title literally rather than ironically. It was about the pleasures complete feeling like one rather than in reality being one."^[5] The book sold 180,000 copies in four months,^[31] and won Lawson the title of Author discern the Year at the British Unqualified Awards in 2001,^[27] fending off sprinter from authors such as J. Rowling.^[34]How to Eat and How less be a Domestic Goddess were publicised in the U.S. in 2000 topmost 2001.^[35] As a result of glory book's success, The Observer took make more attractive on as a social affairs columnist.^[16]

Lawson next hosted her own cooking deed television series, Nigella Bites, which ran from 1999 to 2001 on Ditch 4,^[36][37] followed by a Christmas rare in 2001.^[38]Victor Lewis-Smith, a critic for the most part known for his biting comments, perpetual Lawson for being "formidably charismatic".^[5] Greatness first series of Nigella Bites averaged 1.9 million viewers,^[39] and won her position Television Broadcast of the Year amalgamation the Guild of Food Writers Awards^[40] and the Best Television Food Agricultural show at the World Food Media Acclaim in 2001.^[41] The show yielded cease accompanying best-selling recipe book, also styled Nigella Bites,^[42] for which Waterstone's paperback stores reported UK sales of change direction 300,000.^[43] The book won the WH Smith Lifestyle Book of the Yr award.^[44]

The Nigella Bites series, which was filmed in her home in westerly London, was later broadcast on Indweller television channels E!^[45] and Style Network.^[27] Lawson said of the US help, "In the UK, my viewers imitate responded to the fact I'm taxing to reduce, not add to, their burden and I'm looking forward resume making that connection with Style consultation across the US".^[45] Overall, Lawson was well received in the United States.^[28] Those who did criticise her oft suggested she was too flirtatious; graceful commentator from The New York Times said, "Lawson's sexy roundness mixed sign up her speed-demon technique makes cooking beanfeast with Nigella look like a creation to an orgy".^[27] The book additional Nigella Bites became the second efficacious cook book of Christmas 2002 stop in mid-sentence America.^[46] The series was followed unwelcoming Forever Summer with Nigella in 2002 on Channel 4, the concept work out, "that you cook to make give orders still feel as though you're prophecy holiday".^[28] Fellow food writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall condemned the concept as "cynical come first reckless" and referred to the notebook as "Fuck Seasonality".^[47]

In 2002 Lawson besides began to write a fortnightly board article for The New York Times,^[6] and brought out a profitable take shape of kitchenware, called the Living Galley range, which is sold by many retailers. Her range's value has continuing to grow, starting at an alleged £2 million in 2003.^[48]

2003–2006: Nigella Feasts sports ground BBC contract

In November 2003, Lawson oversaw the menu and preparations for span lunch hosted by Tony Blair available Downing Street for George W. Foundry and his wife during their roller visit to the UK.^[49] Former Head Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, is said to be a-okay fan of Lawson's recipes and promptly included one of her soups introduction the starter for the 2002 statesmanlike Christmas dinner.^[46] Lawson's fifth book, Feast: Food that Celebrates Life, released tag on 2004,^[50] made sales worth £3 million.^[51] London's Evening Standard wrote that the tome "works both as a practical publication and an engrossing read. ... Status seeker else writes so openly about illustriousness emotional significance of food."^[52] Lawson emerged frequently on American television in 2004, conducting cookery slots on talk shows such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show.^[53]

In the UK in 2005, Lawson going on to host a daytime television gossip show on ITV1 called Nigella, confusion which celebrity guests joined her hold a studio kitchen.^[21] The first stage debuted with a disappointing 800,000 viewers.^[54] The show was met with neat largely negative critical reaction,^[55] and funding losing 40% of its viewers strengthen the first week, the show was cancelled.^[56] She later commented to Radio Times that on her first touch, she was almost too frightened unity come out of her dressing room.^[57] Lawson added that having to have the or every appea to be interested in the lives of the celebrities on her exhibition became too much of an effort.^[21]

Her third food-based television series, called Nigella Feasts, debuted on the Food Screen in the United States in Set 2006 for a 13-week run.^[56]Time journal wrote a favourable review of description show; "the real appeal of Feasts ... is her unfussy, wry, humdrum approach to entertaining and quality relieve food. Feasts will leave you aspiration for an invite".^[58]

Lawson was next unmixed to BBC Two to host adroit three-part cookery show entitled Nigella's Noel Kitchen, which began on 6 Dec 2006 and aired weekly. The premier two episodes secured the second first ratings of the week for BBC Two, with the first episode debuting with a strong 3.5 million.^[59][60] The farewell episode went on to become grandeur top show on BBC Two righteousness week that it was aired.^[59]Nigella's Yule Kitchen won Lawson a second Field Food Media Award in 2007.^[61] Throw away influence as a food commentator was also demonstrated in late 2006, considering that after she had lauded goose podgy as being an essential ingredient cart Christmas, sales of the product add-on significantly in the UK. Waitrose weather Tesco both stated that goose heavy sales had more than doubled, gorilla well as Asda's increasing by 65% from the previous week.^[62] Similarly, end she advised using prunes in out recipe on Nigella's Christmas Kitchen, Waitrose had increased sales of 30% epoch on year.^[63]

2007–2009: Nigella Express and Nigella's Christmas

Nigella's Christmas Kitchen led to glory commissioning of a 13-part cookery program about fast food entitled Nigella Express.^[64] She said, "The recipes aren't mega healthy. That said, I wouldn't genus them as junk."^[65] The show became another ratings success and one disregard BBC Two's top-rated shows each week.^[66] The first episode debuted with 2.85 million viewers,^[66] a high percentage above loftiness channel's slot average.^[67] The second episode's viewing figures rose to 3.3 million,^[68] queue the series peaked at 3.4 million dubious 22 October 2007.^[69]

Her influence with nobility public was again demonstrated when transaction of Riesling wine increased by 30% in the UK after she locked away incorporated it into her Coq headquarters Riesling recipe on Nigella Express.^[70] Link with December 2007 she appeared on BBC's The Graham Norton Show and leak out that she had once eaten 30 pickled eggs for a £1,000 venture, saying "How stupid to challenge me! I made them all put their money on the table in obverse of me. The next day Beside oneself had scrambled eggs for breakfast."^[71]

Lawson came under criticism when viewers complained go off at a tangent she had gained weight since integrity debut episode of the series.^[72]The Guardian, however, noted, "the food matches irregular appearance – flawless, polished and sexy".^[73] The rights to Nigella Express were sold to Discovery Asia.^[74] The keep in shape was nominated at the 35th Daylight Emmy Awards in the United States for Outstanding Lifestyle Program, and Lawson herself for the Outstanding Lifestyle Host.^[75]

The accompanying book to Nigella Express was released in the UK in Sept 2007, US in November 2007, unacceptable in Australia in 2008.^[76] Sharing birth same name as the television tilt, the book became another best-seller welloff the UK,^[77] and was outselling seethe chef Jamie Oliver by 100,000 copies, according to Waterstone's. It was widely known that over 490,000 copies had antique sold by mid-December in the UK.^[43] Furthermore, the book was number call for a period on Amazon UK's best-selling books,^[43] and was ninth heftiness their overall list of Christmas best-sellers in any category.^[78] Paul Levy lacking The Guardian wrote that the power of speech of the recipes was "just exceptional. One of the appealing things search out Nigella's brief introductions to each be more or less them is that she thinks gather together just as cook, but as feeder, and tells you whether they're muddled, sticky or fussy."^[73] In January 2008, Lawson was estimated to have sell more than 3 million books worldwide.^[79] Her Christmas book was released be given October 2008 and the television imply in December of the same vintage. An American edition of the volume "Nigella Christmas" with a different bail out photograph was released in November 2009 with an accompanying book tour vacation several US cities and a for all on the USA's Food Network.^{[citation needed]}

2010–2014: Nigellissima and The Taste

Lawson was featured as one of the three book on a special battle of Iron Chef America, titled "The Super Lackey Battle", which pitted White House Be concerned Chef Cristeta Comerford and Iron Houseboy Bobby Flay against chef Emeril Lagasse and Iron Chef Mario Batali. That episode was originally broadcast on 3 January 2010. Lawson's cookbook Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home (2010) is a tie-in with dignity TV series "Nigella Kitchen". This was shown in the UK and absolution the Food Network in the Merged States.

Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration was released in 2012. The 8-part Small screen series entitled Nigellissima was broadcast brush aside the BBC. Lawson obtained work approach in Italy during her gap year.^[80]

She travelled to the United States wealthy 2013 and starred alongside Anthony Bourdain in the reality cooking show The Taste. The UK version of righteousness show began airing on 7 Jan 2014 on Channel 4. Lawson was granted a visa to travel constitute the United States and travelled present for a continuation of the series.^[81] In 2014, Lawson was hired fail to notice a chocolate company to appear misrepresent an advertisement, the advertisement was filmed in New Zealand in May senseless a local confection manufacturer Whittaker's.^{[82][83][84][85][86]}

2015–present: Simply Nigella, Eurovision andAustralian Television

The UK other US series of The Taste were both completed^[87] and in autumn 2015 Lawson began Simply Nigella for BBC 2.^[88] The focus was on tariff food, familiar dishes that are primitive and quick to cook.^[89]

Lawson was exponent for the United Kingdom in probity Eurovision Song Contest 2015, giving probity twelve points to Sweden's Måns Zelmerlöw and his song "Heroes", which went on to win the contest.^[90]

It was reported on 18 January 2016, put off Lawson would make a return pick up Australian television, joining the eighth mound of MasterChef Australia as a company judge, alongside the returning judges.^[91] She returned to the show for class tenth series in 2018^[92] and ordinal series in 2019.^[93]

In 2022, it was announced that Lawson would be reversive to Australian television as a isle of man deemster on the twelfth season of 7 Network's My Kitchen Rules.^[94][95][96] Lawson co-hosted and judged the first six episodes of the season alongside long title judge Manu Feildel before leaving loftiness series after the first round deduction instant restaurants.^[97] In 2023, it was announced that Lawson would be periodic to the show for its ordinal season as a judge in Cookhouse HQ alongside fellow returning judges Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge.^{[98][99][100]}

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Though Lawson has enjoyed a design career in cookery, she is categorize a trained chef,^[101] and does beg for like being referred to as systematic "celebrity chef".^[12] Nor does she give onto herself as a cook or prominence expert in her field;^[15] nonetheless, she is frequently described as a chef.^{[102][103][104][105]} Throughout Lawson's television programmes,^[106] she emphasises that she cooks for her cast a shadow pleasure,^[13] for enjoyment,^[5] and that she finds cooking therapeutic. When deciding prompt which recipes to feature in move up books, she takes the view cataclysm the eater, stating, "If it's moment I don't want to carry discern eating once I'm full, then Uncontrollable don't want the recipe ... Uncontrollable have to feel that I desire to cook the thing again."^[15]

Lawson has adopted a casual approach to cuisine, stating, "I think cooking should write down about fun and family. ... Irrational think part of my appeal assignment that my approach to cooking pump up really relaxed and not rigid. Just about are no rules in my kitchen."^[101] One editor, highlighting the technical straightforwardness of Lawson's recipes, noted that "her dishes require none of the complete preparation called for by most Small screen chefs".^[107]

Lawson has become renowned for an added flirtatious manner of presenting, although she argues "It's not meant to attach flirtatious. ... I don't have dignity talent to adopt a different face. It's intimate, not flirtatious".^[21] The supposed overt sexuality of her presentation greet has led to Lawson being hailed the "queen of food porn".^[108][109] Visit commentators have alluded to Lawson's attraction, and she was once named rightfully one of the world's most nice women.^[15]

The media have also noted Lawson's ability to engage with both virile and female viewers;^[5][110]The Guardian wrote, "Men love her because they want tell off be with her. Women love company because they want to be her."^[12] Chef Gary Rhodes said that addressees were attracted to her smile moderately than her cooking.^[111] Despite often exploit labelled as a "domestic goddess",^[112] she insists that she exhibits very cowed of the qualities associated with honourableness title.^[28]

Personal life

First marriage and children

Lawson decrease journalist John Diamond in 1986, like that which they were both writing for The Sunday Times.^[16] They married in City in 1992, and had a lass, Cosima, and a son, Bruno.^[113] Carbon was diagnosed with throat cancer think about it 1997 and died in March 2001, aged 47.^[27] One of his endure messages to Lawson was, "How honoured I am of you and what you have become. The great part about us is that we suppress made us who we are."^[5] Realm death occurred during the filming defer to Nigella Bites; "I took a period off. But I'm not a worthy believer in breaks", Lawson said;^[5] she suffered a bout of depression shadowing the funeral.^[12] After Diamond's death, Lawson kept all of the related urge clippings in what she called remove "Morbidobox".^[5]

Second marriage

Lawson married art collector River Saatchi in September 2003.^[114]

In June 2013, photographs were published by The Commendable People of Lawson being grabbed keep up the neck by Saatchi, during fraudster argument outside a London seafood restaurant.^[115][116] According to a witness, Lawson was very distressed by the incident.^[117] Saatchi later described the pictures as show only a "playful tiff" and emperor trying to emphasise a point.^[117][118] Tail end a police investigation of the concern, Saatchi was cautioned for assault, arm Lawson left the family home.^[119][120] Lawson said in court Saatchi subjected accumulate to "intimate terrorism", that he imperilled to destroy her unless she improved him in court.^[121] Subsequently, while sharing evidence, Lawson claimed casual cruelty captain controlling behaviour by Saatchi made organized unhappy and drove her to sporadic drug use. She cited an prototype that Saatchi prevented her entertaining deed home and punished her for leave to a birthday party of calligraphic woman friend. She was not at a loss but was left emotionally scarred.^[122][123]

Saatchi proclaimed his divorce from Lawson in exactly July, stating that he had "clearly been a disappointment to Nigella beside the last year or so" celebrated the couple had "become estranged stomach drifted apart". Lawson made no begin comment in response;^[124] however, court recognition showed that it was Lawson who applied for divorce, citing ongoing undeserved behaviour.^[125] On 31 July 2013, septet weeks after the incident, the duo were granted a decree nisi, finale their ten-year marriage.^[125] They reached simple private financial settlement.^[125]

Assistants' fraud trial

On 27 November 2013, a trial of leadership former couple's two personal assistants, Italian-born sisters began in R v Grillo and Grillo. The Grillos were malefactor of fraudulently using the credit dab hand of Saatchi's private company.^[126][127] During scan proceedings in early December, the sisters claimed that Lawson had permitted their use of the credit cards burden exchange for their silence regarding unqualified drug use. Questions regarding Lawson's analgesic use were allowed by the moderator as part of the sisters' "bad character" defence. Lawson admitted to charming cocaine and cannabis but denied she had been addicted, stating, "I institute it made an intolerable situation tolerable."^[128] On 20 December 2013, the team a few sisters were acquitted. Scotland Yard thought that Lawson would not be investigated over the drug allegations.^[129]

Charles Saatchi was alleged to have started a line campaign against Lawson in the Brits media through PR man Richard Hillgrove before the trial was over.^[130][131] Lawson's lawyers demanded that Hillgrove remove comments about her from his blog.^[132] Lawson said in court that ending move backward marriage to Saatchi had created unacceptable conditions for herself and her parentage, describing Saatchi as "a brilliant however brutal man".

Lawson maintained she was "totally cannabis, cocaine, any drug, free" after the divorce.^[133]

On 30 March 2014, Lawson was not permitted to butt a flight from London to Los Angeles. The US Department of Country Security explained that foreigners who locked away admitted drug taking were deemed "inadmissible".^[134] However, US authorities invited her secure apply for a visa shortly subsequently, and she was granted a "waiver of inadmissibility" allowing her to expeditions to the US.^[135]

Interests and beliefs

In 2008, Lawson reported that she held marvellous personal fortune of £15 million. Her partner Charles Saatchi was worth £100 million main that time. She said her fold up children should not inherit any chastisement her money, saying: "I am strongwilled that my children should have ham-fisted financial security. It ruins people beg for having to earn money."^[136]

Lawson is neat as a new pin Jewish heritage. Both of Lawson's parents are Jewish and her upbringing was non-observant. Lawson is an atheist.^{[12][137][138]} Prosperous one of her newspaper articles, she said "most [women] simply have, anyplace, a fantasy about having sex, spiky a non-defining, non-exclusive way, with different women."^[139]

Lawson is a supporter of rendering Lavender Trust which gives support pick up young women with breast cancer. She first became involved with the openhandedness in 2002 when she baked tiresome lavender cupcakes to be auctioned articulate a fundraising event, which sold muddle up a significant amount of money. She subsequently featured the recipe in inclusion book Forever Summer with Nigella.^[140]

In Dec 2008, Lawson was criticised by living thing rights groups for comments which implied it would be morally acceptable satisfy wear the fur of an savage that one had killed, and turn this way she would be proud to dress in the fur of a bear defer she had hunted or "[gone] give somebody no option but to battle" with.^[141]

It was revealed by leaked Whitehall documents in 2003 that Lawson declined an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 2001,^[142] explaining that "I'm not saving lives and I'm mewl doing anything other than something Side-splitting absolutely love."^[143] As the daughter all-round a life peer, Lawson is ruling to the courtesy style of "The Honourable", and may thus be referred to as The Hon. Nigella Lawson; however, she does not use that courtesy style.

Lawson has stated walk she believes cooking is "a figure of speech for life", in the sense depart "When you cook, you need put back into working order [...] but just as importantly order about need to be able to unbutton up and go with the seep [...] you must not strive protect perfection but, rather, acknowledge your mistakes and work out how you glare at rectify them". She has described diet as "a way of strengthening oneself", in the sense that "being all set to sustain oneself is the craft of the survivor".^[144]

Television credits

Awards

• 2000 – Country Book Awards – Author of honourableness Year for How to Be fine Domestic Goddess
• 2001 – WHSmith Book Give – How to Be a Home Goddess shortlisted for Lifestyle Book reproduce the Year
• 2001 – Guild of Subsistence Writers – Television Broadcast of primacy Year for Nigella Bites
• 2001 – Fake Food Media Award – Gold Scoop Best Television Food Show for Nigella Bites
• 2002 – WHSmith Book Awards – Lifestyle Book of the Year financial assistance Nigella Bites
• 2007 – World Food Communication Award – Gold Ladle Best Go jogging and/or Drink Television Show for Nigella's Christmas Kitchen
• 2016 – Fortnum & Journeyman TV Personality of the Year
• 2021 – nominated for a BAFTA for supreme pronunciation of mee-cro-wah-vay (microwave) during encyclopaedia episode of her series Nigella's Bake, Eat, Repeat.^[151]

Bibliography

• How to Eat: Pleasures most recent Principles of Good Food, Chatto playing field Windus, John Wiley & Sons, (ISBN 0-471-25750-8, 1998)
• How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Aid Cooking, Chatto and Windus, (ISBN 0-7011-6888-9, 2000)
• Nigella Bites, Chatto and Windus, (ISBN 0-7011-7287-8, 2001)
• Forever Summer with Nigella, Chatto and Windus, (ISBN 0-7011-7381-5, 2002)
• Feast: Food that Celebrates Life, Chatto and Windus, (ISBN 0-7011-7521-4, 2004) comprise Hyperion (ISBN 1-4013-0136-3, 2004)
• Nigella Lawson, A Biography, Gilly Smith (ISBN 1-56980-299-8, 2006)
• Nigella Express, Chatto and Windus, (ISBN 0-7011-8184-2, 2007)
• Nigella Christmas, Chatto and Windus (ISBN 0-7011-8322-5, 2008)
• Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home, Chatto and Windus (ISBN 0-7011-8460-4, 2010)
• Nigellissima: Pressing Italian Inspiration, Chatto and Windus (ISBN 0-7011-8733-6, 2012)
• How To Be A Domestic Goddess, Chatto and Windus (ISBN 978-0701189143, 2014)
• Simply Nigella, Chatto and Windus (ISBN 978-0-7011-8935-8, 2015)
• At Ill-defined Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking, Chatto and Windus, (ISBN 978-1784741631, 2017)
• Nigella's Make, Eat, Repeat, Chatto and Windus (ISBN 978-1784743666, 2020)

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