"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.
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.
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 to 2019
Appearances include:
- 25 regional films celebrating Great British Foods, 2002 to 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
- Christmas Food Special Switzerland & Austria 2016
- Snow Special Dolomites Dec 2019
- Turks & Caicos 3 films June 2019
- Terry Walton garden expert 2017 to 2018
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
ITV/Gordon Ramsay’s Culinary Genius May 2017
ITV Save Money Good Diet June/July 2019
JOURNALISM
Sunday People Magazine weekly cookery page, 1997 to 2003
Woman and Home monthly 4-page Cook for a Lifestyle feature, 2000 2001
BBC Good Food Magazine columnist, 1997 to 2005
Olive 2005/2006
Delicious Magazine 2003 to 2005, 2011
Best Magazine 2005 2006
Women’s Own 2006 to 2008
Sunday Express Christmas 2013
BBC Radio 5 LIVE Richard Bacon show resident chef on ‘Help’ section 2010 2011
South Africa Sunday Times 2010 article on the food and wine scene in Cape Town and surrounding areas.
Sunday Mail full serialization ITV’s Save Money Good Diet June/July 2019
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
Essential Seriously Good Gluten Free Cooking 200 everyday recipes, from around the world Kyle Books 2016
Ultimate Diabetes Cookbook in Association with Diabetes UK Kyle Books 2017
Save Money Good Diet Kyle books along with the ITV series June 2019
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 and 2017
BBC Good Food Get Cooking! Show 2000
East of England Show - 2003 and 2004
Pembrokeshire Fish Festival - 2003
British Food Week, Stavanger Norway - 2003 and 2004
A regular on This Morning, ITV1 - 2006 to 2019
Award winning FSA Scotland Road Show, some 12 events – 2006 to 2010
Taste Of Grampian 2006, 2008 and 2012
Padstow Christmas Food Festival 2012 to 2014, 2016 and 2018
Westmoreland Fair 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017
Clumber Park Show 2014 and 2017
Saga Cruises 2015, 2016 and 2017 (Gluten Free/Sugar Free)
Nottingham Food Fare 2015
Plymouth Food Fare 2015
Eden Project Food Festival 2015 and 2016
Parham Food Fare 2015
Great Eccleston Country Show 2015 and 2016
Unilever Unique Food Solutions (Gluten Free consultant) 2015 to 2017
Nestle Gluten Free 2015 and 2016
Estrella Dam 2016 Gluten Free
Coventry Food Fair May 2018
Sandringham Food Fair July 2018
Bishop Auckland Food Fair June 2018
Seaham Food Fair June 2019
Rutland Food Fair July 2019
Gloucester Food Fair July 2019
ITV This Morning Live 2017 to 2019
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 to 2006
Phil Vickery British Home Stores cookware 1999 to 2000
Jus-Rol Pastry Celebrity Chef 1998 and 1999
Canderel 2003 and 2006
Watercress Campaign 2003 and 2004
Quaker Oats December 2003
Carnation 2004 to 2006, 2008 to 2010
Florida Grapefruit Campaign 2004 to 2006
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 to 2011
Warburton’s Gluten Free products launch 2010
Stork 2010
Spam Appreciation 2010
Aldi Supermarket 2008 to 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 to 2014
Bramley Apple Campaign 2014
Unilever Unique Food Solutions (Gluten Free) 2015 to 2016
Nestle 2015 (Gluten Free)
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 & iPad App
Seriously Good Gluten-Free Living 2010 to 2013