Jenny Bristow
British chef
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Jennifer Ann Bristow BEM is a Northern Irish cook and cookery writer. She is best known for her cookery television series produced by UTV.
Celebrity chef, Author
Jenny Bristow | |
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| Born | Jennifer Bristow Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Occupations | Home economics teacher (former) Celebrity chef, Author |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | Bobby Bristow (?–present) 3 children |
| Website | jennybristow |
Personal life
Television series
Bristow made her first television appearance on Ulster Television's Farming Ulster in 1989 demonstrating how to cook with potatoes, which led a producer at the station to offer Bristow her own series.[4]
- High Days and Holidays[5]
- High Days and Other Days (1992)[6]
- Cookin' in the Kitchen (1995)[7]
- Jenny's Country Cooking (1997–1998, 2 series)[8]
- Cooked in a Flash (1999–2000, 2 series)[9]
- Jenny Bristow Cooks Gloriously Good Food (2001)[10]
- Jenny Bristow Cooks for the Seasons (2002–2003, 2 series)[11]
- Jenny Bristow Light (2003)[12]
- Jenny Bristow: A Taste of Sunshine (2005)[13]
- Jenny Bristow's USA (2007)[14]
All of the above series were produced by UTV, and were filmed in a converted barn at Bristow's farm near Cullybackey.[2] Bristow's series have been transmitted in other ITV regions (Border,[7] Central,[6] Grampian,[6] Granada[5][7] and LWT,[6] and on television stations in the United States and Australia.[3]
Ratings for Bristow's series have peaked at 215,000 viewers in Northern Ireland.[15]
Writing career
Bristow has so far published twelve cookery books.[1] Books accompanying Bristow's most recent series have been published by Belfast-based publisher Blackstaff Press.[16] Recipes from Bristow's books have appeared in the Belfast Telegraph[17] and Sunday Life[18] newspapers.
Other work
As well as her television and writing work, Bristow takes part in cookery demonstrations and corporate and charitable events.[1] Bristow has taken part in corporate events such as the Balmoral Show[19] and Women on the Move,[20] as well as fundraising events for UNICEF,[21] Macmillan Cancer,[21] the British Heart Foundation[22] and Northern Ireland Hospice Care.[23] Bristow has also been involved in awareness campaigns encouraging people to consume less salt[24] and getting children to practice healthy eating.[25]
In 2007, a Ballymena-based company introduced a biscuit range using recipes created by Bristow.[26][27]
Bristow was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting and the food industry in Northern Ireland.[28]