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Gizzi Erskine
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Gizzi Erskine at the Glamour Awards in 2015
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Griselda Maxwell Erskine
20 August 1979 |
| Education | Leiths School of Food and Wine |
| Occupation | Chef, TV personality, food writer |
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The Honourable Griselda "Gizzi" Maxwell Erskine (born 20 August 1979) is an English cook and TV personality.
Early years
Erskine was born in Wandsworth, to model and actress Maria Josephine (daughter of Dr Josef Klupt, of Richmond, Surrey, born 1948 in Hammersmith), and Iain Maxwell Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick (1926-1995, Wandsworth, London). She was the second of three daughters, all Wandsworth born.
Career
She trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London.
Erskine presented two seasons of Channel 4's cookery show Cook Yourself Thin and presented Channel 4's daytime programme Cookery School in 2011. She has also presented cookery features for ITV1's This Morning, contributed to Healthy Food Guide magazine and appeared on Sky1's Taste. She now co-presents channel 4's cookery programme Drop Down Menu with Matt Tebbutt. She has also appeared on other TV shows, including Cooks To Market and Iron Chef on Channel 4. As a food writer, her books include Kitchen Magic and Skinny Weeks and Weekend Feasts.
On 14 July 2013, she joined The Sunday Times as the Sunday Times Cook in the newspaper's weekly magazine.
