Cayetana Elizabeth Ramsay ('' née'' Hutcheson; born 23 August 1974) is an English TV broadcaster and author of several

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books.

Early life

Ramsay was born in

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, South London, United Kingdom, and raised in a barn in

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. Her father, Chris Hutcheson, is a businessman. Cayetana worked for her father before pursuing a career in education.

Career

Ramsay trained as a

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teacher. In 2010, Ramsay appeared on the ITV show '' Dancing on Ice'', partnered by professional skater Stuart Widdall, being eliminated in the fourth week. She has been a presenter of

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's food show '' Market Kitchen''. In 2014, she appeared in the American version of cooking show ''

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'', co-hosted by her husband, Gordon Ramsay, and also Gordon's other show ''

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'', which she featured on three episodes between 2009 and 2010. Since 2015, Ramsay has starred in her daughter's 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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Personal life

Ramsay married Gordon Ramsay in

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on 21 December 1996. They have five children: Megan (b.1998), Holly (b.1999), Jack (b.1999), Matilda (Tilly) (b.2001), and Oscar (b.2019). Oscar was born after Ramsay had a miscarriage in 2016. In an interview, Gordon Ramsay detailed how he and his wife struggled to conceive due to her

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* 1974 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) English food writers English non-fiction writers Schoolteachers from Surrey English television chefs English television presenters Women cookbook writers Writers from London {{UK-writer-stub