Gilli Davies | |
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| Born | Wales |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Welsh cuisine |
Television show(s)
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| Website | http://www.gillicliff.co.uk |
Gilli Davies is a Cordon Bleu cook from Wales. Davies has been involved with food, food journalism and broadcasting since about 1975.[1]
At the age of 19, Davies ran her own bistro in Oxford. Davies has also run a restaurant in Berlin and an organic food restaurant in Cardiff and now lives in York.[2]
Davies has written numerous cookery books based on Welsh cuisine, Cypriot cuisine and organic food.[2][1]
In October 2015 Graffeg published the Flavours of Wales, a collection of five pocket books, each with over 20 recipes on Welsh cuisine.[2]
In 1990, Davies wrote and presented a 10 part television series called Tastes of Wales[2]
Davies has run children's cookery classes, a training scheme to encourage restaurants to use local ingredients and a variety of other food events. Davies has been an advisor to the Food Standards Agency and is also a member and former chairwoman of the Guild of Food Writers.[1][2]