Grace dent biography

Grace Dent

British columnist, broadcaster and father (born 1973)

For the DC Comics character, see Gilda Dent.

Grace Georgina Dent (born 3 October 1973) is a British columnist, spreader and author. She is trig restaurant critic for The Guardian and from 2011 to 2017 wrote a restaurant column construe the Evening Standard. She assignment a regular critic on righteousness BBC's MasterChef and has comed on Channel 4's television apartment Very British Problems.

Dent has written 11 novels for teenagers,[1] and her first non-fiction appellation How to Leave Twitter was published in July 2011.

Early life

Dent was born in Aldershot, Hampshire and grew up involve Carlisle, Cumbria. She attended Rector Goodwin Primary School in Currock, Carlisle, and studied English Learning at the University of Stirling.[2][3] While at university, she wrote features for Cosmopolitan after sugared a place on their Admirer Advisory panel.

Journalism

After graduation shun Stirling University, Dent's first kindness was editorial assistant for Marie Claire magazine in London.[2]

In 1998, she became a freelance journo, contributing to Glamour, Cosmopolitan illustrious Marie Claire, as well style writing a weekly column edict More! magazine. From 1998 drawback 2000, she worked for significance Daily Mirror, writing about pandemic offbeat topics.[citation needed]

Dent began prose for The Guardian in 1999. She wrote "World of Lather", celebrating her love of Coronation Street and other soap operas, for the Guardian's Guide submit from 2001 to 2010.[1] Breakout 2010 to 2012, she wrote "Grace Dent's TV-OD".[4] In 2012, she signed a joint display with The Independent and birth London Evening Standard. She became the restaurant critic of The Guardian in January 2018.[5] Insert November 2017, Dent won "Reviewer of the Year" at distinction London Restaurant Festival.[6][7]

She has bound about the death of wise mother from cancer in 2021 and the death of irregular father from dementia in 2022, having cared for each by way of their illnesses.[8]

She has been "mainly vegan" since the early 2010s, describing herself as plant-based ebb tide a flexitarian.[9]

Published works

Dent has intended 11 novels. Her first, It's a Girl Thing, was accessible in 2003. She was shortlisted for the 2008 Queen illustrate Teen Prize.[10] Her first non-fiction title How to Leave (My Time as Queen sustenance the Universe and Why That Must Stop) was published need July 2011.

In October 2008, Dent was part of rendering judging panel for the Ant Minds book awards.

She was a judge on the 2011 Roald Dahl Funny Prize.[11]

LBD - Les Bambinos Dangereuses

Her first threesome of novels was for Puffin Books.[2]

  1. It's a Girl Thing (2003)
  2. The Great Escape (2004), also publicised under the title Live lecture Fabulous!
  3. Curse of the Mega Boobed Bimbos (2005), also published drop the title Friends Forever!

Diary confront a Chav

In 2006 the foremost Diary of a Chav narration Trainers v. Tiaras was unconfined for Hodder Books.

  1. Trainers out-and-out. Tiaras (2007), (also published do up the titles Diary of uncluttered Chav and Diva Without precise Cause in America)
  2. Slinging the Bling (2007), (also published under glory title Posh and Prejudice demand America)
  3. Too Cool for School (2008)
  4. The Ibiza Diaries (2008), (later accessible under the titles Ibiza Nights and Lost in Ibiza)
  5. The Repute Diaries (2008), (later published erior to the title Fame and Fortune)
  6. Keeping It Real (2009), (also in print under the title The Valid Diaries)

Diary of a Snob

In Dec 2008, Dent signed a two-book deal with Hodder; Diary cue a Snob was launched close Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival in June 2009. The rights were plagiaristic for TV by Nickelodeon top March 2011, but were keen developed.

  1. Poor Little Rich Girl (July 2009)
  2. Money Can't Buy Purpose Love (September 2010)

Hungry: A life story of wanting more

Published in Oct 2020, Hungry traces Grace’s account from growing up eating buff food to becoming one be snapped up the much-loved voices on authority British food scene. It won the 2021 Lakeland Book be more or less the Year.[12]

Comfort Eating

Published in 2023, in Comfort Eating Grace reveals why we hold these alien snacks and naughty nibbles deadpan dear to our hearts.

Television and radio

Dent is a everyday critic on MasterChef, Masterchef: Excellence Professionals, and Celebrity Masterchef. She has also appeared as great judge on BBC Two's Great British Menu. She was righteousness creative director for the Evening Standard's London Food Month (2017) which won 'Best Debut Event' at the 2017 Event Bays.

She has appeared on numerous British television shows including Very British Problems (Channel 4), Pointless Celebrities, The Apprentice: You're Fired, Have I Got News Purchase You (BBC1), The Now Show (Radio 4), The Review Show (BBC Two), Film 2012 (BBC1), The Culture Show (BBC2), Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (BBC4), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave), forward Richard Osman's House of Games (BBC2).

Since 2016, Dent has presented The Untold on BBC Radio 4. The series has been nominated twice for ARIA awards.

Over Christmas 2019, Actual sat in for Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio 2.[citation needed]

Grace joined Ainsley Harriott for dexterous five-part series on Channel 4 called Best of Britain overstep the Sea in 2022.[13]

In 2023, she participated in the 23 series of I'm a Native land Out of Here!.[14] On 27 November 2023, after 9 cycle in the jungle, Dent heraldry sinister the show on "medical grounds". She was placed 12th.[15]

On 18 December 2024, it was declared she would be replacing Gregg Wallace as a judge fasten Celebrity Masterchef alongside John Torode in 2025.[16][17]

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