Rose Prince (born 4 December 1962) is a food writer, author, cook and activist. Her writing career started in her mid thirties, after she worked as a chef and the cook in the Notting Hill specialist bookshop, Books for Cooks. She worked there with Clarissa Dixon Wright. She was the in-house cook at ''

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'' magazine for seven years.

Career

She has a weekly column in ''

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.'' Her columns are widely syndicated. She also has a monthly column in the Catholic weekly, ''

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'' (although herself an Anglican she is married to a Catholic). She is a prolific writer and contributes to ''The Daily Mail,'' ''The Spectator,'' ''The Times,'' and ''Sunday Telegraph.'' For three years she had a column on ''The Daily Express.'' In 2000 she produced a two-part biopic about the food writer

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for British broadcaster Channel 4, which also aired in Australia. She contributes regularly to BBC Radio 4's ''

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'' and was a judge for its Food and Farming Awards in 2009. She was a member of the

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in 2000. She was the winner of a Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award in 2001 and in 2009 was named by ''Vogue'' magazine as one of the most inspirational women in Britain. In 2011 she launched the Pocket Bakery with her children Jack and Lara (then 8 and 11 years old), a community bakery run in her Battersea kitchen making slow fermentation (sourdough) breads for the neighbourhood. In 2012 the bakery transferred its weekly pop-up to the Doodle Bar in Battersea, providing pastries and bread for locals. A non-profit business, the children received pocket money as an income and other young workers were invited to take part with paid training in enterprise and baking skills.

Personal life

She is married to Dominic Prince,"Harper Collins Author Profile.…"
Harper Collins. a fellow journalist and sometime amateur jockey. They have two children, Jack and Lara.

Publications

* * * * * *''The Pocket Bakery''. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013. *''Dinner & Party''. Seven Dials (Orion), 2017.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prince, Rose 1962 births Living people British food writers Cookbook writers British women food writers