Fell Foodie

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Fell Foodie
Harrison 'Fell Foodie' Ward.jpg
Born (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 33)
Carlisle, England, United Kingdom
Website https://www.fellfoodie.co.uk/

Harrison Ward (born 8 October 1990), better known as Fell Foodie, is an English outdoor cook, mental health speaker, TV personality and author. He was born in Carlisle.

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Early and personal life

Ward was born 8 October 1990 in Carlisle.[ citation needed ] He was interested in cooking from a young age, and helped his grandmother in the kitchen as a child. [1]

Ward began struggling with depression in his teenage years. [2] Whilst living in York for university, [3] he often found himself in the pub, drinking 20 pints a day and taking up smoking full time. [4] In 2016, he moved back to Cumbria and began spending time outdoors in an effort to combat his alcoholism and depression. [5] [2]

Career

Ward began gaining an audience in 2017, when he began posting on Instagram about fell-walking and his interest in food. [3] [5] [2]

Ward has been featured on Mary Berry's Love to Cook programme on BBC 2. [6]

In 2022, Ward was nominated for The Great Outdoors Awards in the category Outdoor Personality Of The Year. [2]

In October 2023, Ward released his first book, Cook Out, which features outdoor cooking recipes. [7] [8] [5] [9] It was longlisted for the 2024 Lakeland Book of the Year. [10]

Personal life

As of 2019, Ward lives in Ambleside. [3]

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