Hattie Ellis is a British food writer and journalist.

Ellis trained as a journalist with Westminster Press and as a cook at Leith's Cookery School. She was a reporter on the Bath Evening Chronicle, a researcher for the BBC's Food and Drink programme, an associate producer for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's A Cook on the Wild Side, Escape to River Cottage and TV Dinners and also worked on Dorinda Hafner's Tastes of Britain.[1] She has appeared on Breakfast Time, Woman's Hour and The Food Programme.[2]

Books

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  • Spoonfuls of Honey: A Complete Guide to Honey's Flavours & Culinary Uses (2014) Pub. Pavilion Books ISBN 9781909108295
  • Spoonfuls of Honey: Recipes from around the world (2020) Pub. Pavilion ISBN 9781911624707
  • What to Eat?: 10 Chewy Questions About Food (2013) Pub. Granta Books ISBN 9781846272165
  • Planet Chicken: The Shameful Story of the Bird on your Plate (2007) Pub. Holder and Stoughton ISBN 9780340921876
  • Sweetness & Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee (2006) Pub. Crown ISBN 9781400054060
  • Best of British Fish with Camilla Sacchi ISBN 9780753716915
  • A Passion for Tea (2006) Pub. Ryland Peters and Small ISBN 9781845972288
  • A Passion for Coffee (2006) Pub. Ryland Peters and Small ISBN 9781845972301
  • Eating England: Why We Eat What We Eat (2001) Pub. Mitchell Beasley ISBN 9781840003512
  • Trading Places: Europe's Finest Specialist Shops (1999) Pub. Mitchell Beasley ISBN 9781840002560
  • Mood Food: Strategies for contemporary cooking and entertaining (1998) Pub. Headline ISBN 9780747221647
  • Tea: Discovering, Exploring, Enjoying (2002) Pub. Ryland Peters and Small ISBN 9781841723518
  • The one pot cook : 150 recipes for feeding family & friends (2015) Pub. Head of Zeus ISBN 9781781851265

Other writing

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  • Kew's Teas, Tonics and Tipples: Inspiring Botanical Drinks to Excite Your Tastebuds (2016) Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens ISBN 9781842465882 - contributor
  • Weill, Valerie London in Store (2005) Pub. Thames and Hudson ISBN 9780500512555 - preface
  • Samuelson, M. K. Sussex Recipe Book: With a Few Excursions into Kent (2005 reprint) Pub. Southover Press ISBN 9781870962216 - introduction

Ellis has also written for the BBC,[3] The Independent on Sunday[4] and The Times.[5]

Awards and nominations

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  • 2001 Eating England won Special Award of the Jury, Gourmand World Cookbooks Award (English section)[6]
  • 2006 Best of British Fish - won Guild of Food Writer's Award for 'Work on British Food'[7]
  • 2013 What to Eat? - won Food Book of the Year
  • 2013 Spoonfuls of Honey - shortlisted for the Andre Simon food writing awards[8]

References

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  1. ^ Ellis, Hattie (2001). Eating England : why we eat what we eat. London: Mitchell Beasley. p. 1. ISBN 9781840003512.
  2. ^ Ellis, Hattie (2015). The one pot cook : 150 recipes for feeding family & friends. London, UK: Head of Zeus. p. 1. ISBN 9781781851265.
  3. ^ "Hattie Ellis". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  4. ^ "Hattie Ellis". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  5. ^ Ellis, Hattie (2000). Trading places : Europe's finest specialist shops. London: Mitchell Beazley. p. 1. ISBN 9781840002560.
  6. ^ Ellis, Hattie (2006). A Passion for Tea. London, UK: Ryland Peters & Small. p. 1. ISBN 9781845972288.
  7. ^ "Guild of Food Writers Awards". Bookseller (No. 5236 ed.). insert: VNU Entertainment Media. 30 June 2006. p. 44.
  8. ^ "2019 Andre Simon Book Awards - the annual awards for food and drink books". www.andresimon.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-20.