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Nigella Lawson

English food writer and television cook · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1960 · age 66

Nigella Lawson is a food writer, television cook, and former journalist. Known for her relaxed and indulgent approach to cooking and food writing, she has sold more than 12 million cookery books worldwide to date, and has appeared on numerous television programmes in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Nigella Lawson is read about 15,497 times a day, in 36 languages.

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202634× usual on 22 Sep

Readers a day, 5 September 2026 to 3 November 2026, highest on 26 September 2026.

The Great British Bake Off series 17, a new season, came out on 22 September 2026.22 September 2026, 34 times the usual readers on 26 September 2026See the momentFellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward2021“[Asked if cookery writing is a form of intimacy] I think there both is and isn't.”In their words14 April 2021The New Yorker

2020“Sometimes I think food preoccupies me too much.”In their words10 October 2020The Guardian

2007“But I do think that women who spend all their lives on a diet probably have a miserable sex life: if your body is the enemy, how can you relax and take pleasure?”In their words2 December 2007The Times

“I lurch from chaos to chaos. I can’t find my driving licence and my clothes are everywhere - cooking is the neatest thing I do.”In their words20 September 2007Daily Express

2006“It wasn't really a chat show, it was a magazine show. I looked at it as a summer job. As long as no one makes me interview a celeb again, I'll be happy.”In their words5 December 2006Quotes from "60 seconds: Nigella Lawson" by Andrew Williams in Metro

2003“I think sometimes that people assume because I'm on television I'm an expert, but I think the whole point of what I do is that I'm not and I don't have any training.”In their words4 June 2003Oakland Tribune

1960Born6 January 1960

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  1. Everybody likes to think cooks are nurturing, but maybe we're just controlling - controlling what people eat.

    2020 · 2020-2021, Own words

  2. As quoted by Nigel Slater regarding "OFM Best Food Personality 2014", The Guardian Archive.org (19 October 2014)

    19 October 2014 · The Guardian, Own words

  3. It's not meant to be flirtatious. Listen, I don't have a presenting style, I'm just me. I don't have the talent to adopt a different persona. It's intimate, not flirtatious.

    5 December 2006 · Quotes from "60 seconds: Nigella Lawson" by Andrew Williams in Metro, Own words

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2026

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Born 1960 · age 66

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Noel FieldingAround the same time: The Great British Bake Off series 17 releasedMartha StewartAlso in The Cooking Show (2021)Rick SteinAlso in The Cooking Show (2021)Massimo BotturaAlso in The Cooking Show (2021)Neil PearsonAlso in A Lump In My Throat (2001)

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