Fiona Beckett is a

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-based writer and food journalist who regularly writes for ''

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'', ''

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'' magazine, and other UK news publications. She has also written for ''

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'', and '' National Geographic Food''. She is a regular judge for competitions such as the BBC Food and Farming Awards, the Andre Simon Awards, and the

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Awards. Beckett has written 23 books about food and wine, including ''How to Match Food and Wine'', ''Cooking with Wine'', and ''Wine by Style''. Beckett has been a contributing editor to Decanter since 1998 and since 2010 she has been a wine columnist for the Guardian. Fiona Beckett has four children. Her son is Will Beckett, founder of the Hawksmoor restaurant chain. She has a BA in Philosophy & Politics from the

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Selected works

*''Eating and Drinking: an A-Z of Great Food & Drink Combinations'' (2000) *''How to Match Food and Wine'' (2002) *''Beyond Baked Beans,'' Absolute Press (2003) *''Beyond Baked Beans Green,'' Absolute Press (2004) *''Sausage and Mash,'' Absolute Press (2004) *''Cooking with Wine'' (2005) *''Beyond Baked Beans Budget,'' Absolute Press (2006) *''Meat and Two Veg,'' Absolute Press (2006) *''An Appetite for Ale,'' CAMRA Books (2007) *''The Frugal Cook'' (2008) *''Fiona Beckett's Cheese Course,'' Ryland Peters & Small Ltd (2009) *''The Ultimate Student Cookbook,'' Absolute Press, (2009) *''The Frugal Cook,'' Absolute Press (2011) *''The Healthy Lunchbox,'' Grub Street (2014) * ''Winelover's Kitchen: Delicious Recipes for Cooking with Wine,'' Ryland Peters & Small Ltd, (2017) * ''How to Drink without Drinking'', Kyle (2019)

Awards

*Food Journalist of the Year Award (2002), The Guild of Food Writers, for work in The Times, Decanter, Sainsbury's The Magazine *Blogger of the Year (2014), ''

International Wine and Spirit Competition The International Wine & Spirit Competition is an annual wine and spirit competition founded in 1969 by the German/British oenologist Anton Massel. Each year the competition receives entries from over 90 countries worldwide. The awards given by ...

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Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year The ''Bookseller''/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title and commonly known as the Diagram Prize, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusu ...

(2019, currently nominated) for ''How to Drink without Drinking''.

References

External links

Official site

Fiona Beckett's Guardian columns

Fiona Beckett's Decanter columns
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