Eleanor Laura Davan Mills (''née'' Woodward; born 31 May 1991) is a British

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and businesswoman, best known for the 'Deliciously Ella' food blog and brand.

Early life and family

Woodward was born on 31 May 1991 in

Rugby, Warwickshire Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. In the 2021 census its population was 78,125, making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire. It is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby whi ...

, England,''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 2003, volume 3, p. 3458, the daughter of the politician

Shaun Woodward Shaun Anthony Woodward (born 26 October 1958) is a British politician who was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens South from 2001 to 2015. He served in the cabinet from 28 June 2007 to 11 May 2010 as Secretary of State for North ...

and his wife Camilla, daughter of politician

Tim Sainsbury Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury (born 11 June 1932) is a Conservative politician and businessman in the United Kingdom. Early life Sainsbury is the youngest son of Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, and his wife Doreen. His elder brothers are ...

and granddaughter of

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, of the

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supermarket owning family. After attending

Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. ...

, she graduated with a degree in history of art from the

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in 2013. In April 2016 she married

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's son, Matthew Mills, who is also her business partner. The couple have two daughters, Skye, who was born in July 2019 and May, born in October 2020.

Career

Woodward writes about food in a blog she founded in 2012 named ''Deliciously Ella'' which was also the title of her first book, published in 2015. Her second book, ''Deliciously Ella Every Day'' was released in January 2016. A third book, ''Deliciously Ella With Friends'' was released in January 2017. She was an advocate of clean eating but turned against it after a media backlash that questioned its health benefits. Her clean eating series of books was called by ''The Guardian'' "arguably the most successful fad diet cookbook series in recent years". In 2014, the Deliciously Ella App was launched containing over 100 recipes. The app with plant-based recipes, yoga videos and guided meditations is available in the App Store and Google Play. In 2015, Ella and her business partner, Matthew Mills, opened ''The MaE Deli'', Seymour Place,

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. In 2016 they opened their second site, ''The MaE Deli'', Weighhouse Street, Mayfair. In early 2017, a third site was launched named ''The Kitchen Counter'', in

Herne Hill Herne Hill is a district in South London, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Tulse Hill. It sits to the north and east of Brockwell Park and straddles the boundary between the borou ...

, as an extension to their development kitchen. In March 2018, after less than a year, the Herne Hill site was closed down, as was the Marylebone deli, due to debts accruing of £720,000. Deliciously Ella chocolate-covered almonds

Deliciously Ella chocolate-covered almonds

The Deliciously Ella brand also includes food products sold in stores. These products started with energy balls and eventually expanded to more than 30 products. They expanded to the United States in 2019.

Books

*''Deliciously Ella: Awesome ingredients, incredible food that you and your body will love Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2015. *''Deliciously Ella Every Day''. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2016. *''Deliciously Ella: Smoothies & Juices: Bite-size Collection''. Sept 2016 *''Deliciously Ella With Friends''. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2017. *''Deliciously Ella: The Plant-Based Cookbook'' Aug 2018 *''Deliciously Ella: Quick & Easy Cookbook'' July 2020

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodward, Ella 1991 births Alumni of the University of St Andrews British women bloggers Clean eating advocates English bloggers English food writers English people of Dutch-Jewish descent Living people People educated at Rugby School People from Rugby, Warwickshire Plant-based diet advocates Pseudoscientific diet advocates Sainsbury family Vegetarian cookbook writers Women food writers