Delia Smith - Lets Be ‘Avin U
Celebrity chef and Norwich City fan, Delia Smith was born in 1941 in Woking, Surrey.
She left school at 16 and had stints at a variety of jobs - trainee hairdresser, shop assistant, travel agent, and washing up in a restaurant.
In 1969 she started writing for The Daily Mirror Magazine, whose deputy editor, Michael Wynn Jones she ended up marrying.
Delia write for London’s evening paper, The Standard from 1972 to 1985. She was also a columnist with The Radio Times. She has released a host of books from 1973 onwards. Her first book was How To Cheat At Cooking.
Her books have sold over 10 million copies and a committed Catholic she has written books such as A Feast for Advent and A Feast For Lent, both published in 1983.
Many of her recipes and television shows have avoided the complicated and focussed on good basic cooking. Her television series for BBC followed a similar theme. Shows and books including her Cookery Course, Delia Smith’s Summer Collection, Delia Smith’s Winter Collection and in 1998, her How to Cook relied on simple ingredients and basic cookery techniques.
Delia Smith is also famous for her love of the Canaries. She is a director of Norwich City FC.
