Gilli Davies

Gilli Davies
Born	Wales
Culinary career
Cooking style	Welsh cuisine
Television show Tastes of Wales
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]

Background

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]

Writing

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]

Television

In 1990, Davies wrote and presented a 10 part television series called Tastes of Wales ^[2]

Other work

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]}

Bibliography

Books by Gilli Davies include:

• A Taste of Cyprus, Interworld Publications, 1998. ISBN   0948853255
• A Taste of Wales, Pavilion Books, 1995. ISBN   1-85793-2935
• Celtic Cuisine, Graffeg, 2008. ISBN   9781905582105
• Cook Organic, Metro Books, London, 1998. ISBN   190051236X
• The down to earth cookbook, British Gas Wales, 1993. ISBN   0903545527
• Eat Well in Wales, Western Mail & Echo Ltd., 1998. ISBN   1900477033
• Lamb, Leeks and Laverbread, Grafton, 1989. ISBN   0586201394
• The Joy of Organic Cookery, Metro Books, London, 2002. ISBN   1843580128
• The Very Best Flavours of Wales, Gwasg Gomer, 1997. ISBN   1859025900
• The Welsh Calendar Cookbook, Y Lolfa Cyf., 2014. ISBN   0862437490
• Flavours of Wales: Vegetarian dishes, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN   9781909823129
• Flavours of Wales: Fish and seafood, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN   9781909823112
• Flavours of Wales: Puddings and baking, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN   9781909823143
• Flavours of Wales: Starters and light dishes, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN   9781909823167
• Flavours of Wales: Meat, poultry and game, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN   9781909823136

Video links

• The Flavours of Wales Series by Gilli Davies
• Top Recipe Tips by Gilli Davies

References

1. "Y Lolfa, Authors: Gilli Davies".
2. "Graffeg, Authors: Gilli Davies". Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

See also

Laverbread