Kirstie's Handmade Christmas
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Friday, December 19 on Channel 4 HD (104)
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Season 12, Episode 5
The grand final sees the winners from each heat challenged to create a showstopping Christmas table. Kirstie Allsopp presents, joined by guest judge Patrick Grant, who has the unenviable task of choosing the winner. Patrick also rolls up his handmade sleeves to fashion a stylish pinecone wreath
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Kirstie Allsopp
(Presenter)
Patrick Grant
(Contributor)
Jeannot Hutcheson
(Series producer)
Sarah Walmsley
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Kirstie Allsopp
(Presenter)
Born:
August 31, 1971
in
London
Best Known For:
Co-hosting Location, Location, Location.
Early-life:
Kirstie Mary Allsopp was born in London on August 31, 1973. Her father is Charles Henry, 6th Baron Hindlip, and former chairman of Christie's. Her mother Fiona is an interior designer. Kirstie has a brother, Henry, and two sisters, Natasha and Sofie, who is also a TV presenter. Kirstie attended several schools during her youth, and spent time in India teaching English. After returning to Blighty, she took a series of jobs before forming her own company, Kirmir Property Search.
Career:
In 1996, Allsopp pooled her talents with future co-star Phil Spencer to found Garrington Homefinders, before moving into TV presenting in 2001, with the Channel 4 series Location, Location, Location. Since then, she has presented several series of the show, as well as a spin-off, Relocation Relocation. She has also co-hosted (with Phil) a countdown of the best and worst places to live in the UK. Away from property-hunting, she has written several books, participated in Sport Relief Does the Apprentice and presented shows on making home-made crafts. In 2008 she was voted the 91st sexiest woman by FHM magazine.
Quote:
On her elegant TV image: "I think I'm fat and ugly and clothes that seem to work off-camera look like a dog's dinner. I come across as a posh Sloane, but maybe that's what I am."
Trivia:
Due to her father's peerage, Allsopp is entitled to call herself the Honourable Kirstie Allsopp.
Patrick Grant
(Contributor)
Born:
May 01, 1972
in
Edinburgh
Best Known For:
Being a judge on The Great British Sewing Bee.
Early-life:
Patrick was born in Edinburgh on May 1, 1972 to James and Susan. During his time as a boarder at Bernard Castle School, he represented Scottish rugby union at U18 and U19 level. Any chance of a glittering rugby career was cut short by a shoulder injury. He went on to study material sciences at the University of Leeds. His course included a year spent at the University of Orleans. After graduating, he returned to the United States and spent time working as a ski instructor, a nanny, a landscape gardener and a model agent.
Career:
After returning to Britain in 1995, Grant embarked on a career in marketing. In 2005, he raised the funds needed to buy struggling Savile Row bespoke tailor Norton & Sons. By 2011, Norton's customer base had increased from around 20 clients in 2005 to several hundred. Grant is best known to the general public for his work as a judge on the BBC series The Great British Sewing Bee.
Quote:
On his role at Norton & Sons: "My main job is greeting customers and discussing exactly what they want before my cutters and tailors do all the hard work."
Trivia:
In 2013, he was made an Honorary Professor in Business at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Jeannot Hutcheson
(Series producer)
Sarah Walmsley
(Executive producer)
