PhD
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Pioneering television cooking programmes: content, controversy and innovation in British television production 1936-1976.
An examination of the extent to which early television cooking programme presenters in Britain contributed to the evolution of television production more widely through the development of innovative ideas, concepts and formats to engage audiences with food. Funded between 2018 - 2023 More details to follow... Part of the Centre for Media & Culture |
ACADEMIC ARTICLES
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International Journal of Consumer Studies
Above all, garnish and presentation: An evaluation of Fanny Cradock's contribution to home cooking in Britain This article is based on my wider MSc Dissertation exploring teh contribution made by Fanny Cradock from the 50s to the 80s as a food writer, television pioneer, entrepreneur and author. The article can be accessed here |
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Dublin Gastronomy Symposium 2018
It’s All In The Booklet! Fanny Cradock’s power as a pioneer TV celebrity chef and how she used it to transform cooking shows on the BBC This research was presented at the Symposium on May 29th 2018, and the paper can be read on the Symposium Website. The article can be accessed here |
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Dublin Gastronomy Symposium 2020
For the Housewife? From ‘The Singing Cook’ to ‘Common-Sense Cookery’: The First (Distrupted) Twenty Years of Television Cooking Programmes in Britain (1936-1955) This research was presented at the Symposium in May 2020, the paper can be read on the Symposium website and a recording of the presentation can be viewed. The article can be accessed here |
Lectures and Presentations
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Third International Conference on Food, History and Culture
Tours June 2017 I presented my MSc Dissertation research at this fascinating and extremely busy international conference organised by the European Institute for the History and Culture of Food - making many connections and interesting plans for teh future at the same time! Details about the conference can be found here |
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Dublin Symposium on Gastronomy
May 2018 It’s All In The Booklet! Fanny Cradock’s power as a pioneer TV celebrity chef and how she used it to transform cooking shows on the BBC The theme of the 2018 Symposium was 'Food and Power'. Details about the conference can be found here |
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1st Biannual Conference of Food and Communication
Edinburgh September 2018 Nailed It! The history, development and evolution of entertainment in British Television Cooking Programmes 1936-1976 The Conference examines all aspects of food and communication, including history. Details of the conference can be found here. Cookbooks: Past Present and Future Portsmouth March 2019 A Feast of Celebrities – the history and development of television celebrity cooks and their associated cookbooks in Britain 1936-1976 Details of the Symposium can be found here Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
MSc Gastronomy Course I was delighted to be asked to return to Queen Margaret University after graduation to deliver lectures as part of the Masters in Gastronomy course. Sessions have included lectures for the Research Methods module - Content Analysis - using my dissertation as a case study and also lectures for the Food Communication module looking at the Changing Context of cooking shows on television and Distinction - Cradock's Culinary Capital, and how food has been communicated on television cooking programmes in history. Details about the course can be found here |
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International Symposium on Communicating Food
University of Chester September 2017 I co-presented some new research in collaboration with Dr Ana Tominc (pictured left) from Queen Margaret University looking at "Nurturing Distinction through Children’s TV Cooking Shows: a Comparison of Case Studies from Britain and Slovenia". The symposium was well attended with many fascinating presentations, including Joanne Hollows (pictured centre) on her research on Jamie Oliver and his relationship with Europe. Details about the conference can be found here |
OTHER WRITING
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Petits Propos Culinaires
February 2018 Issue 110 I was thrilled to be asked by Tom Jaine formerly of Prospect Books and now editor of PPC to submit an article about Fanny Cradock for consideration. My article, Common Market Cookery - Fanny Cradock’s European Fantasy, is published in the February 2018 edition. PPC is available here |