Hester Sophia Frances Grigson (born 19 June 1959) is an English cookery writer and celebrity cook. She has followed the same path and career as her mother, Jane Grigson. Her father was the poet and writer Geoffrey Grigson, and her half-brother was musician and educator Lionel Grigson.
Life Sophie Grigson was born in the village of Broad Town,Rosann Greenstreet, "Time and place: Sophie Grigson on the country farmhouse where she grew up", Sunday Times, 17 February 2008. near Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1959 and attended Oxford High School.Silvana de Soissons, "Sophie Grigson's Cookery School", The Foodie Bugle Journal, 29 December 2012."About Us", Oxford High School. From there she went on to study mathematics at UMIST, Manchester.Jonathan Sale, "Education: Passed/Failed: Sophie Grigson" (interview), The Independent, 25 September 1997. After graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics (she was vice-president of the UMIST Alumni Association), she worked for a time as a production manager of pop videos for groups including Bonnie Tyler and the Style Council. Having inherited her mother's love of food, she found she also enjoyed writing about it. Her first food article, published in 1983 in the Sunday Express Magazine, was entitled "Fifty ways with potatoes". She has since written columns for publications including the Evening Standard (1986–93), the Sunday Times (1994–96) and The Independent (1997–98).Sophie Grigson page at Deborah McKenna Limited.
Grigson's television debut came in 1993 with the 16-part series Grow Your Greens, Eat Your Greens on Channel 4,"Sophie Grigson" , Deborah McKenna Limited. which won the Caroline Walker Prize (Media Category)."Sophie Grigson", Performing Artists. Her more recent television work includes Sophie Grigson in the Orient and Sophie Grigson in the Souk for Travel Channel.
She won the Guild of Food Writers Cookery Journalist of the Year Award in 2001 for her work in Country Living magazine.Awards, Past Recipients, "Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 2001", Guild of Food Writers. She is a keen supporter of organic and local food suppliers and is an advocate for decent children's food. She is a patron of the Children's food festival.
Sophie's Cookery School, based in Oxford, was the first dedicated pop-up cookery school in the country."Popping up to teach cookery skills", Oxford Mail, 28 March 2013."Sophie Grigson's Cookery School", Mumsnet Oxford. She currently lives in Apulia in the south of Italy"Sophie In Puglia " where she runs a small catering company, Trulli Delicious."Trulli Delicious"
She was previously married to William Black,Melissa Viney, "The ex files", The Guardian, 11 June 2006. with whom she had two children."Sophie Grigson", Gourmet Galle.
Bibliography
Food For Friends (1987) Ebury Press Sophie's Table (1990) Penguin Books Book of Parties (1990, contributor) Sainsbury Sophie Grigson’s Ingredients Book (1991, nominated for the James Beard Award) Pyramid Books The Carved Angel Cookery Book (1992 with Joyce Molyneux) Grafton Eat Your Greens (1993) BBC Books Travels à la Carte (1994, with William Black) BBC Books Students' Cookbook (1993) Sainsbury Sophie Grigson’s Meat (1995) BBC Books Oxfam Fairworld Cookbook (1997, contributing editor) Cassell Taste of the Times (1997) BBC Books Fish (1998, with William Black) Headline Sophie Grigson's Herbs (1998) BBC Books Cooks For Kosovo (1999, contributing editor) Headline Feasts for a Fiver (1999) BBC Books Sunshine Food (2000) BBC Books Organic (2001, with William Black) Headline Complete Sophie Grigson Cook Book (2001) BBC Books Sophie Grigson's Country Kitchen (2003) Headline The First-time Cook (2004, reissued as The Student Cookbook, 2010) Collins Vegetables (2006, reissued as The Vegetable Bible, 2009) Collins The Soup Book (2009 reissued 2019, Contributing Editor) DK Spices (2011), Quadrille My Kitchen Table (2012) BBC Books
References
External links Sophie's Cookery School. Sophie Grigson page at Deborah McKenna Limited. There are food and wine tours with Sophie Grigson and
"Education: Passed/Failed: Sophie Grigson" (interview by Jonathan Sale), The Independent, 25 September 1997. "Food & Drink: The year of eating exotically: Sophie Grigson travelled the world in search of good taste and found the piece of cod that passeth all understanding", The Independent, 24 December 1993. Sophie Grigson's recipes, Food – Chefs, BBC.