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Season 24, Episode 1
Matt Tebbutt finds out why the shelf life for a vegetable stir-fry mix is so short, Jimmy Doherty uncovers the sweet secret of how ice lolly makers get such perfect layers in a rocket lolly and Kate Quilton travels to Portugal to discover just what piri-piri is
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Jimmy Doherty
(Presenter)
Kate Quilton
(Presenter)
Matt Tebbutt
(Presenter)
Sandy Watson
(Executive producer)
Glenn Swift
(Series editor)
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Did You Know..
Jimmy Doherty
(Presenter)
Born:
May 24, 1975
in
Essex
Best Known For:
Jimmy's Farm.
Early-life:
Born on May 24, 1975, in Ilford, Essex. After leaving school he studied animal biology at the University of East London and entomology at Coventry University's zoology department. Jimmy proved he had TV presence while appearing briefly in Jamie's Kitchen and Oliver's Twist alongside his childhood friend Jamie Oliver. Harbouring dreams of being self-sufficient and to grow all his own produce, he attempted to turn his vision of living the 'good life' into reality.
Career:
At 28, Doherty quit his life as a city-dwelling academic and threw himself into the back-breaking task of transforming a dilapidated old dairy farm into a flourishing organic pig business. His efforts, documented in BBC series Jimmy's Farm, turned him into a household name. The success of that show spawned the follow-up BBC projects Jimmy's Farm Diaries, Crisis on Jimmy's Farm, Jimmy's Farming Heroes, Jimmy's Food Factory, and A Farmer's Life for Me. More recently, he has presented Channel 4 shows Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket, Jimmy and the Whale Whisperer, Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club and Food Unwrapped.
Quote:
On the importance of farming: "It's the most important thing, without a shadow of a doubt. Because without organised agriculture, you just wouldn't have anything else."
Trivia:
In August 2014, Doherty was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum vote.
Kate Quilton
(Presenter)
Best Known For:
Presenting Food Unwrapped.
Early-life:
Katie Marie Quilton was born in November 1983 in the United Kingdom and grew up on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds. She studied at the University of Bristol, where she did a student version of the documentary film Super Size Me (2004), where she ate kebabs for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a week.
Career:
While she was a student, Quilton worked for both ITV and the BBC before going on to work as a broadcast journalist in Somerset for the BBC. She spent a lot of time with farmers here and reported mostly on food. Quilton was a commissioning editor for Channel 4 between 2010 and 2014. She stepped down from the role in 2014 so that she could focus full-time on the TV series Food Unwrapped, which she has presented since 2012. Other TV programmes she has worked on include Superfoods: The Real Story, The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money and Tricks of the Restaurant Trade.
Quote:
"Superfoods are everywhere!"
Trivia:
She ran the London Marathon for Papworth Hospital in 2016.
Matt Tebbutt
(Presenter)
Best Known For:
Being a celebrity chef.
Early-life:
Matt was born in High Wycombe in 1973 and raised in South Wales. After gaining a diploma at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London, he went on to work for some of London's most prestigious restaurants, including the Oak Room and Criterion.
Career:
Between 2009 and 2011, Tebbutt presented Saturday Kitchen on BBC One when regular host James Martin was away. He has also had presenting roles on the Great British Menu, Drop Down Menu, Market Kitchen: Big Adventure and Food Unwrapped. He used to own and run the Foxhunter restaurant in Nant-y-derry near Usk in South Wales.
Quote:
"Being thrown in the deep-end in a top kitchen is daunting, but its brilliant experience."
Trivia:
In 2008, Tebbutt published the book Cooks Country: Modern British Rural Cooking.
Sandy Watson
(Executive producer)
Glenn Swift
(Series editor)
