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List Of Celebrities Appearing On Daily Cooks Challenge ...
Several celebrities have appeared on the ITV cookery show, ''Daily Cooks Challenge''. The following is a list of such appearances. Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 References {{reflist Daily Cooks Challenge ''...Cooks!'' is an ITV television cookery show, hosted by Antony Worrall Thompson, broadcast on the ITV networks between 10 June 2006 to 21 May 2010. Formats There were different names for the show, depending on which day it aired. The Satur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity
Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media. An individual may attain a celebrity status from having great wealth, their participation in sports or the entertainment industry, their position as a political figure, or even from their connection to another celebrity. 'Celebrity' usually implies a favorable public image, as opposed to the neutrals 'famous' or 'notable', or the negatives 'infamous' and 'notorious'. History In his 2020 book ''Dead Famous: an unexpected history of celebrity'', British historian Greg Jenner uses the definition: Although his book is subtitled "from Bronze Age to Silver Screen", and despite the fact that "Until very recently, sociologists argued that ''celebrity'' was invented just over 100 years ago, in the flickering glimmer of early Hollywood" and the suggestion that some medieval saints might qualify, Jenner asserts that the earliest celebrities live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Langsford
Ruth Wendy Holmes (née; Langsford; born 17 March 1960) is an English television presenter. She has presented various television shows, including '' This Morning'' (1999–present) in which she is the longest serving presenter, '' Gift Wrapped'' (2014), ''How the Other Half Lives'' (2015–present), and ''Ruth Langsford’s Fashion Edit'' (2017–present). Since 1999, Langsford has been a regular panellist on the ITV talk show ''Loose Women'', becoming a presenter in 2013. In 2017, she took part in the fifteenth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'', in which she finished in ninth place. Early life Ruth Langsford was born in Singapore, to Dennis and Joan Langsford. She lived in five countries before the age of ten, including West Germany and four countries in North Africa. Langsford attended Saltash School in Cornwall from 1977 to 1978. Career Television Langsford began her career as a continuity announcer and newscaster with ITV regional station Television South West (TSW) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Hebden
Malcolm Hebden (born 21 December 1939) is an English former actor. He is known for portraying the role of Norris Cole in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' on and off between 1994 and 2020. Aged 81, he announced his retirement from acting due to ill health. Early life Hebden was born on 21 December 1939 in Chester before his family moved to Burnley, Lancashire, three weeks later.''I see Pendle and I'm home'' , , 4 March 1998 He was educated at West Gate High School and began his career as a window dresser in |
Julie Etchingham
Julie Anne Etchingham (born 21 August 1969) is an English journalist who works as a television newsreader with ITV News. A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, Etchingham joined the BBC as a trainee after completing her studies, and went on to present the children's news programme ''Newsround'' in 1994. She joined Sky News in 2002, and also presented editions of ''Five News'' when Sky won the contract to produce news programming for Channel 5 in 2005. Etchingham is currently a newscaster on ''ITV News at Ten'' and has been since 2008. She also presented the current affairs programme ''Tonight'' from 2010 until 2022 when she announced that she would still occasionally be reporting for the show. She was voted "Presenter of the Year" at the Royal Television Society journalism awards in 2010 and 2016. Life and career Etchingham was born and raised in Leicester, Leicestershire, where both her parents were teachers. She was raised as a Roman Catholic, and educated at the city's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Lucy
Gary Edward Lucy (born 27 November 1981) is an English actor, television personality and model who is best known for playing Will Fletcher in the ITV police drama ''The Bill'', Luke Morgan in ''Hollyoaks'', Kyle Pascoe in ''Footballer's Wives'' and Danny Pennant in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. He also played a part in the show ''The Dumping Ground'' as a footballer named Billy. Career Lucy was born in Chigwell, Essex. He appeared in ''Grange Hill'' and ''Dream Team'' before getting the role that brought him to public attention, Luke Morgan in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. Lucy undertook a male rape storyline, for which he won the Best Newcomer award at the 2000 British Soap Awards. Lucy then went on to do three series of the ITV football drama ''Footballers' Wives'' where he played Kyle Pascoe, a football player for fictional football club Earl's Park. In 2004, Lucy starred as Michael Sands with Ray Winstone in the ITV drama ''She's Gone''. From 2005 to 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Barker
Linda Barker (born 26 October 1961) is an English interior designer and television presenter. Education Born in Shelf, on the outskirts of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Barker was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School before studying fine art at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Farnham, now the University for the Creative Arts. She then did odd jobs in various areas including fashion, before settling into a career as an interior designer. An accomplished painter, she did up her flat in Battersea and was the subject of a ''House Beautiful'' magazine spread on interiors. Career Barker began her work in television as a set designer, where she met her husband. She was one of the group of people including Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen approached by the BBC in 1996 to work on a television show called '' Changing Rooms'' as designers. Barker also started co-presenting ''House Invaders'' in 1999, and co-presented a three-part special called ''Planet Christmas'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane McDonald
Jane Anne McDonald (born 4 April 1963) is an English singer, songwriter and television presenter. Born and raised in Wakefield, McDonald spent much of her early career performing in local clubs and pubs before landing work as a singer on cruise ships. McDonald became known to the public in 1998 following her appearance on the BBC show '' The Cruise''. The same year, McDonald released her self-titled debut album ''Jane McDonald'' (1998), which topped the UK Albums Chart and remained there for 3 weeks. McDonald has had a total of four top 10 albums in the UK in addition to performing in live concerts and her own tours at venues across the UK, including the Royal Albert Hall and the London Palladium, as well as at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. In 2015, McDonald performed the role of Grizabella in the musical '' Cats''. McDonald has also co-presented a number of daytime television shows, including ''Loose Women'' between 2004 and 2014, and the ITV programme ''Star Treatment'' (2013). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole (born 23 April 1976) is a New Zealand ballroom dancer, specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing as a professional dancer on the BBC One show, '' Strictly Come Dancing''. From 2005 to 2009, he was a judge on the New Zealand version of the show, '' Dancing with the Stars''. Early life and career Cole was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has danced since he was six, and moved to the United Kingdom when he was eighteen, where he studied the pasodoble, ballroom and ballet at Donaheys, Clayton, Manchester. Before becoming a professional dancer Cole was a builder and roof layer, having left school at 17. He danced with Camilla Dallerup, a fellow contestant on the BBC's earlier long-running show ''Come Dancing'', as amateurs from 1996, and from 2002 to 2004 as professionals. They competed for New Zealand: Dallerup is Danish-born. In 2003 Dallerup and Cole were placed 3rd for Latin American at the UK Closed Championships. In the wint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Audenshaw
Antony Audenshaw (born 6 September 1964) is an English actor and singer. Audenshaw appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'' from 1994 to 1996). Then in 2000, he began portraying the role of Bob Hope on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. For his portrayal of the role, he received a nomination for Most Popular Newcomer at the 7th National Television Awards. Life and career Audenshaw was born in Denton, Lancashire on 9 September 1964. In 1993, Audenshaw married wife Ruth, and the pair had two children together before her death in 2017. Audenshaw began both his acting and music careers on stage whilst performing songs and sketches that he had wrote, later taking part in amateur theatre productions. Whilst trying to make it as an actor, he had a job at Thorpe Park and slept in his car on the car park since he could not afford accommodation. Between 1994 and 1996, he played the recurring role of PC Ian Coban in the Channel 4 soap ''Brookside''. His ''Emmerdale'' debut was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melinda Messenger
Melinda Jane Messenger (born 23 February 1971) is an English television presenter and former glamour model and Page Three girl. She presented the magazine programme ''Live from Studio Five'' and was formerly the co-presenter of the reality show ''Cowboy Builders''. Early life Messenger was born in Swindon, Wiltshire. After attending different schools, one of which was Dorcan Technology College, she spent six months working as a flight attendant for Britannia Airways. She then joined a local marketing company and rose to become customer services manager, overseeing a staff of 50 employees. Career Modelling Messenger decided to become a model, and was advised by the Jason Paul Modelling Agency to enhance her breasts, which she enlarged from a 34C to a 34DD cup. She then took a job modelling for a Gloucester-based double glazing company, Glevum, dressed only in lingerie. As part of an advertising campaign called "Class Behind Glass", the posters quickly began disappearing from bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Miller
Bennet Evan Miller (born 24 February 1966) is an English actor, comedian, and author. He rose to fame as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller. Miller is also known for playing the lead role of DI Richard Poole in the first two series of the BBC crime drama '' Death in Paradise'', and for portraying James Lester in the ITV science-fiction series ''Primeval''. Early life and education Miller was born in London, England and grew up in Nantwich, Cheshire. The son of an immigrant father, Ben's father Michael Miller was a lecturer in American literature at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic; and his mother Marion was from Wales. His paternal grandfather was a Lithuanian tailor who emigrated to the UK and lived in London's East End. His paternal great-grandmother, Rose Elizabeth Lincoln, taught English at South Cheshire College. He has two younger sisters, Leah and Bronwen. Miller was educated at Malbank School and Sixth Form College, his local comprehensive school in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Vincent
Tim Vincent (born Timothy Russell Walker; 4 November 1972) is a Welsh actor and television presenter. He appeared on the children's programme ''Blue Peter'' between 1993 and 1997 and has presented several Miss World contests. For several years, Vincent was based in the United States where he presented some mainstream shows such as '' Access Hollywood'' and ''Phenomenon''. Career Acting Vincent first took to acting at Theatr Clwyd, in nearby Mold. His first television role was playing alcoholic teenager Billy Ryan in the ITV drama series '' Children's Ward''. Vincent also appeared in pantomime for several years, always playing the role of Dandini in '' Cinderella'', at Southport, Torquay, Widnes and York. From 2000 to 2001, he played veterinarian Adam Forrester in ''Emmerdale'', and appeared in the film '' Sorted'' with Tim Curry and Jason Donovan. Presenting On 16 December 1993, Vincent began presenting ''Blue Peter''. During his time on the programme, he completed the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
