Mathew Pritchard (born 30 March 1973) is a Welsh professional skateboarder, stunt performer, and celebrity chef. He regularly appeared as a stunt performer on '' Dirty Sanchez'', '' Wrecked'', and '' Balls of Steel''. In 2019, he hosted the first

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cookery show, ''Dirty Vegan''. He authored two cookbooks: ''Dirty Vegan'' and ''Dirty Vegan: Another Bite''.

Career

Early career

Pritchard worked for

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for six years and later designed his own signature shoe, a Sleep When You're Dead model named after his motto. He began skateboarding at the age of 15. His first sponsor was City Surf

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in Cardiff.

''Dirty Sanchez'' and ''Balls of Steel''

Pritchard filmed the skating video ''Pritchard vs Dainton'', in which Pritchard and

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skated against, hit, and pranked each other. This formed the basis of '' Dirty Sanchez'', an

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stunt programme starring Pritchard, Dainton, Michael "Pancho" Locke, and

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. This ran from 2003 to 2008, and in 2006 the four released '' Dirty Sanchez: The Movie'', in which they traveled around the globe doing stunts and pranks that related to the

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. Pritchard was also involved in multiple spin-off series. Dainton and Pritchard hosted MTV's 2007 stunt-based

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'' Wrecked'', and ''Sanchez Get High'' was a spin-off in which Pritchard and Dainton visited

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and took

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. It aired in 2008. Pritchard appeared with Locke as the "Pain Men" in 10 episodes of the

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game show '' Balls of Steel'', which ran from 2005 to 2008.

''Dirty Vegan''

Pritchard became vegan in 2015 after watching ''

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''. In 2017, he launched a

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-based cookery series called ''Proper Vegan Cookin''. In 2019, he hosted ''Dirty Vegan'', the

's first vegan cookery show. He also produced tie-in cookbooks for the series: ''Dirty Vegan'' and ''Dirty Vegan: Another Bite''.

Other works

In 2018, BBC Wales filmed a documentary titled ''Wild Man to Ironman'' in which Pritchard performs a 14-day ironman challenge in Wales.

Personal life

On 7 September 2009, Pritchard was attacked with a set of keys in a supermarket in Toftwood, Norfolk, suffering serious stab wounds to his neck and chest. His assailant was jailed for five years in 2010, after being found guilty of wounding with intent to cause

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Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Music videos

Bibliography

*''Dirty Vegan'' (2018) *''Dirty Vegan: Another Bite'' (2019)

References

External links

Official website
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Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, Mathew 1973 births Living people British stunt performers British television chefs British veganism activists Chefs of vegan cuisine Male chefs People from Cardiff Welsh television presenters Vegan cookbook writers Welsh chefs Welsh male comedians Welsh skateboarders