Biography


Not only has Phil Vickery been a part of the ‘This Morning’ family for over 11 years, with viewing figures in excess of 3 million, he is also regarded as one of Britain’s favourite chefs.

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Over the years, AA Restaurant Guides rated Phil one of the top 20 chefs in Britain; his restaurant was awarded 4 rossettes for 5 years his restaurant was awarded a Michelin star.

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Since his career kicked off as a Commis Chef at the Burlington Hotel on Folkestone seafront, Phil has worked his way up the kitchen ranks. On his journey he has taken in the very smart Michael’s Nook hotel in Grasmere, Cumbria, the Michelin starred Gravetye Manor in East Grinstead and Ian McAndrew’s Michelin starred restaurant ‘74’ as Sous Chef.
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Phil then went to the West Country and to The Castle hotel in Taunton as head chef where he won a Michelin star, 4 Rosettes in the ‘AA guide’, the ‘Good Food Guide’s’ Restaurant of the year, ‘The Times’ Restaurant of the Year, ‘Egon Ronay’s Guide’ Dessert Chef of the Year and ‘British Meat Chef of The Year’, among many other awards.
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Phil’s TV career starter after filling in once for Keith Floyd on the Breakfast Programme, and over the past 15 years he has appeared on the BBC ‘Holiday Programme’, ‘Ready Steady Cook’, ‘Proof Of The Pudding’, his own series ‘Phil Vickery’s Pudding Club’ and of course ‘This Morning’, presenting live and pre-recorded cookery items.
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Between his TV work and writing – Phil’s written 14 books, including his most recent, ‘Phil Vickery’s Guide to Outdoor Food’ – he also finds time to farm and spends many hours working on the land and with his livestock.
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His Gluten-Free books sell worldwide and have won many awards and he is the National Food Ambassador for Coeliac UK (www.coeliac.org.uk)

Watch a short biography of Phil's career so far...

AWARDS

Michelin Star 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Egon Ronay Star 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Egon Ronay Dessert Chef of the Year 1995
A.A. Four Rosettes 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999. 2000 named one of top 20 chefs in Britain
British Meat Chef of the Year 1998
County Restaurant of the Year, Good Food Guide 1998
Jonathan Meades - Times Restaurant of the Year 1995
Member of the Academie Culinaire de France; awarded Chef Laureate 1987
The King Of Prussia, Farnham Royal, Bucks

  • One of the top 30 rated pubs in the UK, Olive magazine February 2005
  • One of the top 20 rated pubs in the UK, The Morning Advertiser March 2005
  • Coveted Egon Ronay Star, Good Food Guide Entry 2006
  • Entry Michelin 2006

TELEVISION

Currently appearing on ITV´s This Morning, 1999-2011

Appearances include:

  • 25 regional films celebrating Great British Foods, 2002-2005
  • 15 films on Bar-b-que, Kids cooking, Christmas, 2005 2006
  • Filmed at Prince Charles's organic Home Farm 2006
  • Taste of Europe 10 films highlighting great foods, summer 2004
  • Vickery's Voyages 8 food /travel strands Tunisia, Spain, Teneriffe, Florida Keys, St Lucia, Majorca, Cyprus, Sri Lanka 2006
  • 5 outdoor films concentrating on picnic´s, Bar-b-que, Caravan, Al Fresco and Camping 2006
  • 2009 Christmas Mini Films
  • Simple Easy Cookery strands June 2009
  • Chefs challenge Easter 2008, June 2008
  • Phil’s Coastal Cuisine Strand June 2011, including Padstow lobsters, Peterhead haddock, Essex oysters, Oban langoustine, Jersey, many varieties of fish, Conway mussels.
  • Taste Of Italy July 2011, Positano.
  • Alaska Salmon Fishing 2 part series to include whales, bears and the sustainable salmon and halibut industry October 2011.
  • 5 Island Hopping Strand October 2011 to include Sark, Anglesey, Gibraltar, Bute and Isles Of Scilly.
  • Taste of Vietnam, 2012
  • Taste of Israel 2012

Presenter This Morning iPod App 2010
Presenter Seriously Good Gluten Free iPhone/iPad App 2010
Presenter and chef ITV Food Website 2011
Phil Vickery´s Pudding Club, his own prime-time show for Anglia TV, now in its second series
A regular on BBC 2´s Ready, Steady, Cook! and Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook!- over 200 appearances since 1996
Masterchef Judge 1999, 2000
The Holiday Programme Guest presenter, Spice Islands, Zanzibar 1999
Who'll do the Pudding? 12 programmes, 1998
ITV’s Alan Titchmarsh Show 2008/09/10/11
Channel 4’s Paul O’Grady Show 2008/09
Regular slots on BBC’s Breakfast Show 2008/09/10
ITV’s Prime Time Dishing The Dirt, 4 part documentary on current food issues October 2009
Channel 4 - 5 O’clock Show 2010
ITV’s 10 Mile Menu spring 2011
ITV's Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway June 2011

JOURNALISM

Sunday People Magazine weekly cookery page, 1997-2003
Woman and Home monthly 4-page Cook for a Lifestyle feature, 2000-2001
BBC Good Food Magazine columnist, 1997-2005
Olive 2005/2006
Delicious Magazine 2003-2005
Best Magazine 2005/2006
Women’s Own 2006/8
BBC Radio 5 LIVE Richard Bacon show resident chef on ‘Help’ section 2010/11
South Africa Sunday Times 2010 article on the food and wine scene in Cape Town and surrounding areas.

BOOKS

JUST FOOD (Headline, January 2000)

  • Short listed for the prestigious Andre Simon Award 2004
  • Featured in Cookery Books of the Year in the Independent, Daily Telegraph and Daily Express
  • Daily Mirror Book of the Week
  • BBC Good Food Magazine Best Buy

Kit Chapman's Great British Chefs includes a chapter on Phil

Phil & Fern’s Family Food (Granada July 2003)

  • WHSmiths & Woolworths; cookery book of the month

The Proof Of the Pudding(Simon & Schuster 2003)

  • Sunday Independent: ‘He’s perhaps the finest puddings chef in the land’
  • Home & Garden; ‘200 mouthwatering recipes’
  • Sunday Herald Magazine:’ A comprehensive romp through the British pud canon’
  • Daily Mirror M Magazine: ‘His desserts are so good’
  • BBC Good Food Magazine: ‘He’s passionate about Britain and British ingredients’ & ‘Phil is known for his fabulous desserts’
  • Short listed for the Andre Simon award 2003

A Passion For Puddings (Simon & Schuster 2005)

The Complete Gammon Cookbook (Simon & Schuster 2006)

Britain the Cookbook (Mitchell Beazley 2007)

Puddings (Simon & Schuster 2009)

Seriously Good Gluten-Free Cooking (Kyle Cathie 2009)

  • No1 best Seller Amazon books.
  • Shortlisted Guild Food Writers special health award 2010

Seriously Good Gluten-Free Baking (Kyle Cathie 2010)

  • Delicious magazine best books 2010
  • Waitrose specialist book of the year 2010

Both Gluten-Free books are selling in many countries around the world including Argentina, France, Australia, Italy, Germany, Holland, USA, Canada and Finland, in English and translated versions.

2011 International Association Of Culinary Professionals food awards finalist health & special diet.

Seriously Good! Gluten Free Living App for Apple iPhone & iPad launched worldwide October 2010

The Proof Of the Pudding (Simon & Schuster 2009) Updated version published 2009 with 20 new recipes

Britain The Cookbook Re printed Nov 2009, new cover and appearance

Phil Vickery’s Guide to Outdoor Food Published May 2011

LIVE EVENTS

Phil performs regular cooking demonstrations at regional food and drink festivals and on cookery courses. He has also recently appeared at the following events:

BBC Good Food Show Celebrity Theatre - 1997 to 2007.
Ideal Home Show 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010 & 2011.
BBC Good Food Get Cooking! Show 2000
East of England Show - 2003 & 2004
Pembrokeshire Fish Festival - 2003
British Food Week, Stavanger Norway - 2003 & 2004
A regular on This Morning, ITV1 - 2006 to 2011
Award winning FSA Scotland Road Show, some 12 events – 2006-2010
Taste Of Grampian 2006/08/12

PR

Phil has taken part in media promotions for the following products and events:

Aldi Supermarket 2008/09/10/11

  • Winning Supermarket Of The Year Which Magazine 2009
  • The Grocer Supermarket Of The Year 2009

Bailey's Campaign 2005
Bird's Custard promotion 2001
Bramley Apple Celebrity Chef for 3 years
Endorsement British Home Stores cookware 1999, 2000
British Meat Keep Sunday a Day of Roast campaign 2000
British Pork, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
British Turkey Campaigns 2005-2011
Busy Bees Pre School Nurseries 2008
Canderel 2003, 2006
Carnation Milk 150th year anniversary 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Flora Buddy packs 2005
Florida Grapefruit Campaign 2004, 2005, 2006
Herta Sausages 2006
John West Tuna promotion 2001
Jus-Rol Pastry Celebrity Chef 1998, 1999
National Yorkshire Pudding Week September 2011
Official Queen Mother's Birthday Cake commissioned by Royal Mail 2000
Quaker Oats December 2003
Warburton's Gluten Free products launch 2010
Watercress Campaign 2003, 2004
Stork 2010
Spam Appreciation 2010

WEBSITES

Phil has pages on the following websites:
www.thismorning.co.uk/vickery
www.angliatv.com/puddingclub
www.bbc.co.uk/foodnation
www.aldi.co.uk
www.sixtyplusurfers.co.uk
www.vickery.tv

iPhone app

Seriously Good Gluten-Free Living