Biography

" phil vickery snails Phil Vickery does English cooking better than anyone in the country" -Jonathan Meades, Saturday Times Magazine

"Some of the finest English cooking imaginable intense flavours and subtlety that no other chef seemed to match" -Nicholas Lander, Financial Times

"Supreme puddings" -Good Food Guide

"He is not only a talented chef, but something rarer still a sensible and sensitive one" -Independent

"Vickery’s nurturing of unflashy ingredients exemplifies a singular talent" -London Evening Standard

"Honest and unpretentious" -Mirror

Not only has Phil Vickery been a part of the ‘This Morning’ family for over 19 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. He was also county restaurant of the year in the Good Food Guide, and Times newspaper along with Egon Ronay stars also.

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Phil has written a weekly column for one of Britains biggest-selling Sunday supplements, and a many features for the leading women’s magazines and many others.

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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 15 books, including his most recent, PORK preparing, curing and cooking all that’s possible from a pig’ – 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 as Resident Chef, 1999-2016

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
Fork To Table series 6 films
Taste Of Southern States 6 films winning Best Broadcast Programme Award for Phil’s Taste of America strand at the Visit USA Travel Media Awards, covering TV, radio and online. There were 130 nominations over 8 Categories
2009 Christmas Mini Films
Simple Easy Cookery strands June 2009
Chefs Challenge Easter 2008, June 2008
Phil’s Coastal Cuisine 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 part Island Hopping strand October 2011 to include Sark, Anglesey, Gibraltar, Bute and Isles Of Scilly.
Taste of Vietnam, 2012
Taste of Israel 2012
Peruvian Amazon Adventure 2013
Far East Foodie, cooking in Bangkok, on the Eastern Oriental Express through Malaysia, Georgetown and Singapore.
Week long trip to Cambodia, including Phnom Penh’s best food outlets. 2014
Hong Kong Foodie, five films including tea, bar-b-q pork and Dim Sum 2014
Taste Of Brazil, 4 films taking in the street food, culture & meats
Taste Of Australia, 3 unique films, including Barrier Reef cooking

OTHER TV

Presenter This Morning 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 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 the 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, 2011
Best Magazine 2005/2006
Women’s Own 2006/8
Sunday Express Christmas 2013
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)

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 (Kyle Cathie 2011)

PORK preparing, curing and cooking all that’s possible from a pig (Kyle Books 2013)

World Gourmand Books award UK winner 2014

Game, New Ways To Prepare Cook & Cure (Kyle Books Aug 14)

‘My favourite game book’ Rose Prince Saturday Telegraph October 2015

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 & 2013 TO 2015
Ideal Home Show 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010 to 2014.
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
Padstow Christmas Food Festival 2012/2013

PR

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

Birds Custard promotion 2001
John West Tuna promotion 2001
Official Queen Mothers Birthday Cake commissioned by Royal Mail 2000
British Meat Keep Sunday a Day of Roast campaign 2000
British Pork, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Phil Vickery British Home Stores cookware 1999, 2000
Jus-Rol Pastry Celebrity Chef 1998, 1999
Canderel 2003,2006
Watercress Campaign 2003/4
Quaker Oats December 2003
Carnation 2004,2005,2006,2008, 2009, 2010
Florida Grapefruit Campaign 2004/5/06
Bailey’s Campaign 2005
Bramley Apple Celebrity Chef for 3 years
Flora Buddy packs 2005
Herta Sausages 2006
Mission Foods 2006-2008
Busy Bees Pre School Nurseries 2008
British Turkey Campaigns 2005-2011
Warburton’s Gluten Free products launch 2010
Stork 2010
Spam Appreciation 2010
Aldi Supermarket 2008-2012

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

National Yorkshire Pudding Week September 2011
Schloer, get Sunday Lunch campaign, 2013/14
Bramley Apple Campaign 2014
Unilever Unique Food Solutions (Gluten Free) 2015/16
Nestle 2015 (Gluten Free)