Matilda Elizabeth Ramsay (born 8 November 2001) is an English television presenter, chef and social media influencer best known for presenting the BBC cooking show ''

Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch ''Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch'' is a British CBBC (TV channel), CBBC cooking entertainment programme which follows Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay and family on their summer holidays. In December 2014 CBBC (TV channel), CBBC announced that they ha ...

'' on

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alongside her family. Ramsay has made numerous television appearances including '' This Morning'', '' Blue Peter'', ''

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'', ''Friday Night Jazz'', and ''

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.'' Her parents are

Tana Ramsay Cayetana Elizabeth Ramsay ('' née'' Hutcheson; born 23 August 1974) is an English TV broadcaster and author of several cookery books. Early life Ramsay was born in Croydon, South London, United Kingdom, and raised in a barn in Kent. Her fathe ...

, a cook book author, and Gordon Ramsay, a

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. She resides in both the United Kingdom and the United States with her family and was a contestant on the nineteenth series of '' Strictly Come Dancing''. Ramsay was also a contestant on Celebrity Masterchef Australia where she reached the final.

Early life and career

2010–present

Before Ramsay started presenting ''Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch'' on CBBC, she made several appearances on her father's TV shows ''

'' and ''Hell's Kitchen'' from 2010 to 2015. In 2015, it was announced that Ramsay would host her own cooking and entertainment show on

. ''Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch'', which is aimed at the younger audience, stars all the members of the Ramsay family as they go on their summer holidays. The first series was aired on 14 April 2015, with the second series airing 6 May 2016 and the third series airing on 5 May 2017. Each series is made up of 15 episodes. Ramsay grew up in London, but divides her time between South West London and

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for her father's television career. She has been a keen cook from a young age. Her sister, Megan Ramsay, ran the

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in 2017 in memory of her baby brother Rocky, after her mother suffered a miscarriage five months into her pregnancy in June 2016. It was announced in June 2017 that Ramsay's

show ''

'' had been renewed for a fourth series to air in 2018. The fourth series began on 24 April 2018. From September 2018, Ramsay, alongside her father, appears on the ITV show '' This Morning'' in a regular cooking segment titled "Big Chef Little Chef" which will see the Ramsays cook foods and try and help children get into cooking. Ramsay made an appearance on Season 18 of ''

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'' as a special guest in the eighth episode, where the dinner service was centred around her Sweet 16 birthday party. Ramsay lends her voice to the

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-owned company One Potato Two Potato, originally a joint venture between

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and her father, where she says the company name in a singalong style. In 2021, Ramsay competed in the nineteenth series of '' Strictly Come Dancing'' and was partnered with professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin. On 28 November 2021, she became the ninth celebrity to be eliminated from the competition.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

In March 2015, Ramsay announced that she had written her first cookery book based on the

show of the same name. The book was released on 4 May 2017. *''Matilda & The Ramsay Bunch: Tilly's Kitchen Takeover'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsay, Matilda 2001 births Living people English television presenters English television actresses English child actresses 21st-century English actresses English people of Irish descent English people of Scottish descent Actresses from London