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'''Felicity Cloake''' is an English food writer.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/felicity-cloake ''The Guardian'' profile]</ref> She writes for ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper and in ''[[New Statesman]]'' magazine. |
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'''Felicity Cloake''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|36|2019|7|1|noage=1}}<ref name="marmite">{{cite web |last1=Rodgers |first1=Kerstin |title=An interview with Felicity Cloake |url=https://msmarmitelover.com/2019/07/an-interview-with-felicity-cloake.html |website=Ms Marmite Lover |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=1 July 2019}}</ref>) is an English food and travel writer.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/felicity-cloake ''The Guardian'' profile]</ref> Her books include ''The A-Z of Eating: A Flavour Map for the Adventurous Cook'' (2016), ''Completely Perfect'' (2018), ''One More Croissant for the Road'' (2019), and ''Red Sauce, Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey'' (2022). She writes for ''[[The Guardian]]'' and the ''[[New Statesman]].'' |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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Cloake grew up in Hertfordshire; her father was a [[John Lewis & Partners|John Lewis]] executive and her mother taught French. She has Irish heritage on her maternal side.<ref name="digby">{{cite news |last1=Digby |first1=Marie Claire |title=Food writer Felicity Cloake on her love of potatoes |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/food-writer-felicity-cloake-on-her-love-of-potatoes-1.2600565 |access-date=2018-11-19 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=9 April 2016 |language=en}}</ref> Cloake attended [[Rugby School]]{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} before studying English at [[St Peter's College, Oxford]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2017/01/16/profile-felicity-cloake/|title=Profile: Felicity Cloake|date=2017-01-16|work=The Oxford Student|access-date=2018-11-19|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/jun/06/students.uk2|title=Staying out of the rat race|date=6 June 2003|work=The Guardian|first=Felicity|last=Cloake|language=en|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> She began her writing career in the ''[[The Oxford Student|Oxford Student]]''.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Career == |
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Cloake is best known for her weekly ''How to cook the perfect...'' column in ''The Guardian'', starting online in 2009 and then in print, where she attempts to create the best possible version of a popular dish.<ref name="marmite"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Burgener |first1=Andrea |title=Food that tastes good is what should be in vogue |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2014-01-09-food-that-tastes-good-is-what-should-be-in-vogue/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=TimesLIVE |date=9 January 2014 |language=en-ZA}}</ref> She sparked a minor controversy in 2022 when she recommended garnishing [[bacon sandwich|bacon butties]] with [[marmalade]] rather than the traditional condiments of [[brown sauce]] or [[ketchup]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Puckering |first1=Charlotte |title=Southerner says bacon butties are best covered in marmalade rather than brown sauce or ketchup |url=https://propermanchester.com/trending/southerner-says-bacon-butties-are-best-covered-in-marmalade-rather-than-brown-sauce-or-ketchup/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=Proper Manchester |date=22 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Food Writer Claims the Perfect Bacon Sandwich Should be Slathered in Marmalade |url=https://www.menshealth.com/uk/nutrition/a39183517/food-writer-claims-the-perfect-bacon-sandwich-includes-marmalade/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=Men's Health |date=23 February 2022}}</ref> |
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Cloake is best known for her weekly ''How to cook the perfect'' column in ''The Guardian'', starting in 2010, where she attempts to create the best possible version of a popular dish. |
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She has published a series of cookbooks based on her ''Guardian'' column, including ''Perfect'', ''Perfect Too'', ''Perfect Host'', and ''Completely Perfect''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morrow |first1=Madeleine |title=BOOK REVIEW: Flawless recipes to inspire beginners and confident cooks |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/books/2019-01-31-book-review-flawless-recipes-to-inspire-beginners-and-confident-cooks/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=BusinessLIVE |date=31 January 2019 |language=en-ZA}}</ref> In 2019 she published her first [[travel literature|travelogue]], ''One More Croissant for the Road'', describing her 3,500 km [[bicycle touring|bicycle journey]] around France in search of the perfect [[croissant]].<ref name="rawlinson">{{cite web |last1=Nik |first1=Rawlinson |title=Best travel book 2023: See the sights from home |url=https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/books/1417820/best-travel-book |website=Expert Reviews |access-date=6 May 2023 |language=en |date=6 February 2023}}</ref> In 2022 she published a sort of sequel, ''Red Sauce, Brown Sauce'', in which she cycles around Great Britain sampling [[breakfast foods]].<ref name="rawlinson"/> |
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== Online, television and radio == |
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⚫ | She has also appeared on television as guest host on ''[[Great British Menu]]'' in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/great-british-menu-2015-banquet|title=Great British Menu 2015: The banquet - Great British Chefs|last=greatbritishchefs|work=Great British Chefs|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> In October 2020, Cloake hosted an online livestream event in conversation with food writer [[Grace Dent]] for ''[[The Guardian]]''. |
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⚫ | She has also appeared on television as guest host on ''[[Great British Menu]]'' in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/great-british-menu-2015-banquet|title=Great British Menu 2015: The banquet - Great British Chefs|last=greatbritishchefs|work=Great British Chefs|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> In October 2020, Cloake hosted an online livestream event in conversation with food writer [[Grace Dent]] for ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=In conversation with Grace Dent {{!}} The Guardian Members |url=https://membership.theguardian.com/live/in-conversation-with-grace-dent-121398517233 |website=The Guardian Live |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en-gb}}</ref> |
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* ''Perfect,'' Fig Tree ''(2011)''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Perfect : 68 essential recipes for every cook's repertoire|last=Felicity.|first=Cloake|date=2011|publisher=Fig Tree|isbn=9781905490837|location=London|oclc=747915329}}</ref> |
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* ''Perfect Host: 162 easy recipes for feeding people and having fun,'' Fig Tree (2013)<ref>{{Cite book|title=162 easy recipes for feeding people and having fun.|last=Felicity.|first=Cloake|date=2013|publisher=Fig Tree|isbn=9780241145692|location=[S.l.]|oclc=879333191}}</ref> |
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* {{Cite book|title=Perfect: 68 Essential Recipes For Every Cook's Repertoire|last=Felicity.|first=Cloake|date=2011|publisher=Fig Tree|isbn=9781905490837|location=London|oclc=747915329|display-authors=0}}<ref>Reviews of ''Perfect'': |
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*{{cite news |title=The old recipes work the best in a feast of summer cooking |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/the-old-recipes-work-the-best-in-a-feast-of-summer-cooking-7279747.html |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=10 April 2012 |language=en}} |
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* ''Completely Perfect,'' [[Penguin Random House|Penguin]], (2018)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Completely perfect : 120 essential recipes for every cook|last=Felicity|first=Cloake|isbn=9780241377826|location=London|oclc=1053855037|date = 2018-11-01}}</ref> |
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* {{Cite book|title=Perfect Host: 162 Easy Recipes For Feeding People and Having Fun|last=Felicity.|first=Cloake|others=Photographed by Joe Woodhouse|year=2013|publisher=Fig Tree|isbn=9780241145692|oclc=879333191|display-authors=0}} |
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*''One More Croissant for the Road,'' Harper Collins (2019)<ref>{{Cite book|title=ONE MORE CROISSANT FOR THE ROAD.|last=FELICITY.|first=CLOAKE|date=2019|publisher=HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS|isbn=978-0008304935|location=[S.l.]|oclc=1035749288}}</ref> |
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* {{Cite book|title=Perfect Too: 92 More Essential Recipes For Every Cook's Repertoire|last=Felicity|first=Cloake|isbn=9780241003121|location=London|oclc=868378302|year = 2014|publisher=Fig Tree|display-authors=0}} |
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⚫ | * {{Cite book|title=The A-Z of Eating: A Flavour Map for the Adventurous Cook|last=Felicity|first=Cloake|others=Photographed by Helen Cathcart|publisher=Fig Tree|isbn=9780241003138|location=London|oclc=948790165|year=2016|display-authors=0}}<ref>Reviews of ''The A-Z of Eating'': |
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* {{cite web |title=Book Review: The A-Z of Eating, by Felicity Cloake {{!}} John and Sally McKennas' Guides |url=https://mckennas.guides.ie/megabites/book-review-z-eating-felicity-cloake |website=Megabites |publisher=Estragon Press |access-date=4 May 2023 |date=2022}} |
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* {{cite news |last1=Digby |first1=Marie Claire |title=Food writer Felicity Cloake on her love of potatoes |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/food-writer-felicity-cloake-on-her-love-of-potatoes-1.2600565 |access-date=4 May 2023 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=9 April 2016 |language=en}} |
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* {{Cite book|title=Completely Perfect: 120 Essential Recipes for Every Cook|last=Felicity|first=Cloake|isbn=9780241377826|location=London|oclc=1053855037|year=2018|publisher=[[Penguin Random House|Penguin]]|display-authors=0}}<ref>Reviews of ''Completely Perfect'': |
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* {{cite news |last1=Morrow |first1=Madeleine |title=BOOK REVIEW: Flawless recipes to inspire beginners and confident cooks |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/books/2019-01-31-book-review-flawless-recipes-to-inspire-beginners-and-confident-cooks/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=BusinessLIVE |date=31 January 2019 |language=en-ZA}} |
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* {{cite news |last1=Henry |first1=Diana |title=Diana Henry's pick of the 20 best cookbooks to buy this autumn |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/books/diana-henrys-pick-20-best-cookbooks-buy-autumn/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=The Telegraph |date=24 October 2018}} |
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* {{cite news |last1=Bossicart |first1=Nina |title=The good, the bad and the basic: student cookbooks you need in your life |url=https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2022/01/08/the-good-the-bad-and-the-basic-student-cookbooks-you-need-in-your-life/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=The Glasgow Guardian |date=8 January 2022}} |
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* {{Cite book|title=One More Croissant for the Road|last=Felicity|first=Cloake|date=2019|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-0008304935|location=[S.l.]|oclc=1035749288|display-authors=0}}<ref>Reviews of ''One More Croissant for the Road'': |
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* {{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Meredith |title=Felicity Cloake's 'One More Croissant for the Road' |url=https://studentnewspaper.org/felicity-cloakes-one-more-croissant-for-the-road/ |work=The Student |date=January 19, 2021 |location=Edinburgh}} |
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* {{cite web |last1=Gardner |first1=Kate |title=Book review: One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake |url=https://noseinabook.co.uk/2022/10/24/book-review-one-more-croissant-for-the-road-by-felicity-cloake/ |website=Nose In a Book |access-date=4 May 2023 |date=24 October 2022}} |
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* {{cite news |title=Nine books about cooking that make perfect Christmas gifts for foodies, from Nigel Slater's latest to a book that 'deserves a Michelin star' |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/nine-books-cooking-make-perfect-christmas-gifts-foodies-nigel-slaters-latest-book-deserves-michelin-star-208699 |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=Country Life |date=2 December 2019 |language=en}} |
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* {{cite AV media |chapter=Rediscovering la cuisine française |title=Bauhaus women, deadly plants, couch surfing in Russia and colour |first1=Jonathan |last1=Green |first2=Buffy |last2=Gorrilla |chapter-url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/rediscovering-la-cuisine-francaise/11234408 |work=Blueprint for Living |publisher=ABC Radio National |date=21 June 2019 |language=en-AU}} |
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*{{cite book|title=Red Sauce, Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey |publisher=Harper Collins |year=2022|isbn=978-0008413651|last=Felicity|first=Cloake|display-authors=0}}<ref>Reviews of ''Red Sauce, Brown Sauce'': |
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*{{cite news |last1=Frizzell |first1=Nell |title=Red Sauce Brown Sauce by Felicity Cloake review – a quest for the great British breakfast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/15/red-sauce-brown-sauce-by-felicity-cloake-review-great-british-breakfast-regional-hogs-pudding-honey |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=15 June 2022}} |
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*{{cite news |last1=Soutar |first1=Gaby |title=Felicity Cloake's new book Red Sauce Brown Sauce is a bible for breakfast lovers |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/felicity-cloakes-new-book-red-sauce-brown-sauce-is-a-bible-for-breakfast-lovers-3736515 |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=The Scotsman |date=17 June 2022 |language=en}} |
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*{{cite news |last1=Potts |first1=Olivia |title=A quest for Britain's best breakfast |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/red-sauce-brown-sauce-felicity-cloake-book-review-olivia-potts/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=Times Literary Supplement |date=22 July 2022}} |
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*{{cite news |last1=Jeffreys |first1=Henry |title=The great breakfast dilemma: should baked beans be part of a full English? |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-great-breakfast-dilemma-should-baked-beans-be-part-of-a-full-english/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=The Spectator |date=7 July 2022}} |
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== Awards == |
== Awards == |
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* New Media of the Year Award, [[Guild of Food Writers]], 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/65746/felicity-cloake.html?tab=penguin-biography|title=Felicity Cloake|website= |
* New Media of the Year Award, [[Guild of Food Writers]], 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/65746/felicity-cloake.html?tab=penguin-biography|title=Felicity Cloake|website=Penguin Books UK|language=en|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref><ref name="gfw2011">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gfw.co.uk/2011/awards-2011-winners/|title=Awards 2011 Winners|website=The Guild of Food Writers|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> |
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* Food Journalist of the Year Award, Guild of Food Writers, 2011<ref |
* Food Journalist of the Year Award, Guild of Food Writers, 2011<ref name="gfw2011"/> |
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== References == |
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* [https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/65746/felicity-cloake.html Felicity Cloake], Penguin |
* [https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/65746/felicity-cloake.html Felicity Cloake], Penguin |
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* [https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/felicity_cloake Felicity Cloake columns], New Statesman |
* [https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/felicity_cloake Felicity Cloake columns], ''New Statesman'' |
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/felicity-cloake Felicity Cloake columns], The Guardian |
* [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/felicity-cloake Felicity Cloake columns], ''The Guardian'' |
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Felicity Cloake
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Born | 1982 or 1983 (age 40–41) Hertfordshire |
Occupation | Food writer |
Language | English |
Alma mater | St Peter's College, Oxford |
Notable works | How to cook the perfect... (column in The Guardian) |
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Felicity Cloake (born 1982 or 1983[1]) is an English food and travel writer.[2] Her books include The A-Z of Eating: A Flavour Map for the Adventurous Cook (2016), Completely Perfect (2018), One More Croissant for the Road (2019), and Red Sauce, Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey (2022). She writes for The Guardian and the New Statesman.
Cloake grew up in Hertfordshire; her father was a John Lewis executive and her mother taught French. She has Irish heritage on her maternal side.[3] Cloake attended Rugby School[citation needed] before studying English at St Peter's College, Oxford.[4][5] She began her writing career in the Oxford Student.[4]
Cloake is best known for her weekly How to cook the perfect... column in The Guardian, starting online in 2009 and then in print, where she attempts to create the best possible version of a popular dish.[1][6] She sparked a minor controversy in 2022 when she recommended garnishing bacon butties with marmalade rather than the traditional condiments of brown sauceorketchup.[7][8]
She has published a series of cookbooks based on her Guardian column, including Perfect, Perfect Too, Perfect Host, and Completely Perfect.[9] In 2019 she published her first travelogue, One More Croissant for the Road, describing her 3,500 kmbicycle journey around France in search of the perfect croissant.[10] In 2022 she published a sort of sequel, Red Sauce, Brown Sauce, in which she cycles around Great Britain sampling breakfast foods.[10]
She has also appeared on television as guest host on Great British Menu in 2015.[11] In October 2020, Cloake hosted an online livestream event in conversation with food writer Grace Dent for The Guardian.[12]
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