Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in March 2009
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 14 January 1965 Hampstead, London, England |
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| Occupation | celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, food writer | ||
| Known for | River Cottage | ||
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Hugh Christopher Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall (born 14 January 1965) is an English celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, food writer and campaigner on food and environmental issues, known for his philosophy.
Fearnley-Whittingstall is best known for hosting the River Cottage series on the UK television channel Channel 4, in which audiences observe his efforts to become a self-reliant, downshifted farmer in rural England — Fearnley-Whittingstall feeds himself, his family and friends with locally produced and sourced fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs and meat. Fearnley-Whittingstall has also become a well-known campaigner on issues related to food production and the environment, such as fisheries management and animal welfare.
Born in Hampstead, London to gardener and writer, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, and father, Robert Fearnley-Whittingstall, Fearnley-Whittingstall was brought up in Gloucestershire. He was educated at Summer Fields School,Eton College and St Peter's College, Oxford, where he read philosophy and psychology.
After a temporary relocation to Africa, where Fearnley-Whittingstall was considering a career in wildlife conservation, he returned to England and became a sous-chef at the River Café in London. However, he has since revealed that "being messy" and "lacking discipline" made him unsuitable for working in the River Café kitchen, but that he regards his time there as a period that helped shape his current career.
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