Biography delia smith

Despite being one of Britain's best-known celebrity chefs, Delia didn't always aspire to become a kitchen whiz. Leaving school with no qualifications she first became a hairdresser, then a shop assistant and a travel agent, before discovering her true passion at the age of Her first kitchen-orientated job was washing up in a Paddington restaurant.

From there she graduated to waitress before eventually being allowed to help out with the cooking.

Delia Ann Smith CH CBE (born

In cooking Delia discovered her destiny. She began studying recipe books in the British Museum, trying out any meals which took her fancy on the family she was lodging with in London. Her big break came when she was hired as a cookery correspondent for a new Daily Mirror magazine in The role proved a success both personally and professionally. It introduced her to future husband Michael Wynn-Jones, deputy editor at the time, and led to columns in the Evening Standard and the Radio Times.

Among the highlights of this period was the appearance of one of her cake creations on the cover of Rolling Stones' album Let It Bleed. In , her TV career took off, too. Already fronting Family Fare , she approached the BBC with the idea of presenting a televised cookery course. Delia Smith's Cookery Course was an instant hit, spawning two further series and accompanying books that sold millions of copies.

Not long after Delia enjoyed further publishing success with One Is Fun! The collection of recipes for singletons was a bestseller and led to a TV series of the same name. Five years on it was followed by Delia Smith's Christmas , which was a big hit in subsequent festive periods. On a roll, Delia became a record breaker with Delia Smith's Winter Collection , a bestseller that brought her fans in the States.