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James Winter is a British television producer, restaurant executive, and author. His most notable TV work is Saturday Kitchen[1], where he worked as the series producer and executive editor.[2] He has won a BAFTA.[3]
Career[edit]
Television[edit]
Winter started his television career on BBC's Ready Steady Cook as a contestant researcher.[4] His job was to audition the people that wanted to be on the show and help to come up with the names of the dishes. Winter started working on Saturday Kitchen as series producer in 2006, and became executive editor in 2015.[5] He created the scripts for each show and helped to come up with the dishes for the food heaven or hell segment of the show[3], where viewers can call in to decide if the celebrity guest has to eat a dish they love or hate.[6] Winter is credited with initially creating host James Martin's trademark egg puns that are used during the omelette challenge segment, with this now being a team effort.[7]
Author[edit]
Winter has published two books, both focusing on food and recipes. Yes, Chef!, which was a collaboration with James Bulmer, was first published in 2009 by Absolute Publishing.[8] The book was well-received, with The Caterer giving it a positive review.[9] Who Put The Beef into Wellington? was first published in 2012 by Kyle Books.[10] This book was also well-received, with The New Zealand Herald placing it on their "Books: Food for thought" list. [11]
Radio[edit]
Winter currently hosts a monthly food show on Marlow FM.[12]
Executive[edit]
Winter served as the head of creative strategy at The Fat Duck Group.
Miscilaneous[edit]
Winter was a part of the advisory board for the tech start-up "1000 Cookbooks", which aimed to compile a list of the top 1,000 cookbooks of all time.[13]
Winter is a judge and ambassador for the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year and the unearthed Food in Film awards.[14][15]
References[edit]
- ^ Saturday Kitchen (TV Series 2001– ) - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Bains, Sanjeeta (2016-07-13). "Brummie chef Glynn Purnell is back on Saturday Kitchen". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ a b Brown, Lucy; Duthie, Lyndsay (2016-09-28). The TV Studio Production Handbook. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78672-041-2.
- ^ "BBC - BBC Food blog: What did Ready Steady Cook mean to you?". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "James Winter | Executive/Series Producer". The Talent Manager. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ Westlake, Dave (2015-01-15). "Food heaven, food hell". Evangelical Alliance. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ Jones, Paul (2016-03-26). "Recipe for success: the secrets of Saturday Kitchen Live". Radio Times. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "ISBN 9781906650216". isbnsearch.org. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "Yes Chef! – Book review". The Caterer. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "ISBN 9780857830821". isbnsearch.org. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "Books: Food for thought - Lifestyle News". NZ Herald. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ FM, Marlow (2024-04-08). "Good Morning Marlow". Marlow FM 97.5. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ Sturgess, Emma (2015-10-23). "Which cookbooks would top your best of all time?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ White, Susie (2016-01-12). "An interview with unearthed Food in Film award judge James Winter". unearthed. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "Ambassadors 2023". Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year. Retrieved 2024-04-15.