Gilli Davies is a Cordon Bleu

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. Davies has been involved with food, food journalism and broadcasting since about 1975.

Background

At the age of 19, Davies ran her own

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. Davies has also run a restaurant in

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restaurant in

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and now lives in

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Writing

Davies has written numerous cookery books based on

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and organic food. In October 2015 Graffeg published the Flavours of Wales, a collection of five pocket books, each with over 20 recipes on Welsh cuisine.

Television

In 1990, Davies wrote and presented a 10 part television series called ''Tastes of Wales''

Other work

Davies has run children's cookery classes, a training scheme to encourage restaurants to use local ingredients and a variety of other food events. Davies has been an advisor to the

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and is also a member and former chairwoman of the

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Bibliography

Books by Gilli Davies include: *''A Taste of Cyprus'', Interworld Publications, 1998. *''A Taste of Wales'', Pavilion Books, 1995. *''Celtic Cuisine'', Graffeg, 2008. *''Cook Organic'', Metro Books, London, 1998. *''The down to earth cookbook'', British Gas Wales, 1993. *''Eat Well in Wales'', Western Mail & Echo Ltd., 1998. *''Lamb, Leeks and Laverbread'', Grafton, 1989. *''The Joy of Organic Cookery'', Metro Books, London, 2002. *''The Very Best Flavours of Wales'', Gwasg Gomer, 1997. *''The Welsh Calendar Cookbook'',

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Cyf., 2014. *''Flavours of Wales: Vegetarian dishes'', Graffeg, 2015. *''Flavours of Wales: Fish and seafood'', Graffeg, 2015. *''Flavours of Wales: Puddings and baking'', Graffeg, 2015. *''Flavours of Wales: Starters and light dishes'', Graffeg, 2015. *''Flavours of Wales: Meat, poultry and game'', Graffeg, 2015.

Video links

The Flavours of Wales Series by Gilli DaviesTop Recipe Tips by Gilli Davies