Valentine Warner (born 1972) is a

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. He started his television career on the BBC in autumn 2008 with '' What to Eat Now'', a cookery programme based on his book of the same name. His parents were Simone Georgina de Ferranti (née Nangle) and the diplomat Frederick Warner, who was

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from 1972 until 1975. He attended

Bedales School Bedales School is a co-educational, boarding and day independent school in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of con ...

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from 1985 to 1990. In 1994 he began studying at the

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and trained as a portrait painter. He worked in

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restaurants for eight years under chefs such as Alastair Little and Rose Cararina, before setting up a private catering company, Green Pea. Warner's first series, ''What to Eat Now'' (

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) on autumn food, was followed by a second series focusing on summer. He presented ''Valentine Warner: Coast to Coast'' (

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), in which he travelled the country fishing and cooking his catch, as well as ''Ration Book Britain'' ( Yesterday) and ''Valentine Warner Eats The Sixties'' (Yesterday). Warner has been a chef for ''Great British Food Revival'' (BBC Two), ''

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'' ( ITV), ''Country Show Cook Off'' (BBC Two), ''Perfect...'' (Good Food) and ''My Kitchen'' (Good Food). After these, he presented ''Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia'' (Good Food) and two series called ''Hook It Cook It'' and ''Valentine Warner's Wild Table: Canada'' ( Fox). Warner has written two books accompanying ''What to Eat Now''. These were followed by ''The Good Table: Adventures In and Around My Kitchen'' and ''What to Eat Next'', published in 2014. He has written for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' magazine, ''Great British Food'' magazine, ''Delicious'', ''Waitrose Food Illustrated'' and ''

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''. Warner is one of the founders of the Moorland Spirit Company who make Hepple Gin in

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. He has said that cooking helped him through his divorce.

Publications

* ''What to Eat Now'' (2008) * ''What to Eat Now More Please: Spring and Summer'' (2009) * ''What to Eat Now: Autumn and Winter'' (2010) * ''What to Eat Now: Spring and Summer'' (2010) * ''The Good Table'' (2013) * ''What To Eat Next'' (2014)

References

External links

Official website
Living people English television chefs 1972 births Alumni of the Byam Shaw School of Art People educated at Bedales School {{Food-bio-stub