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Season 24, Episode 5
Briony May Williams is in Germany to uncover why schnapps is always clear despite being made from bright, colourful fruits. Kate Quilton learns why supermarkets carry so many variations of the same herbs, while Jimmy Doherty finds out if there is any difference between soft and crusty bread rolls
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Kate Quilton
(Presenter)
Jimmy Doherty
(Presenter)
Briony May Williams
(Presenter)
Glenn Swift
(Series producer)
Sandy Watson
(Executive producer)
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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.
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.
Briony May Williams
(Presenter)
Glenn Swift
(Series producer)
Sandy Watson
(Executive producer)
