Jenny Bristow | |
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| Born | Jennifer Bristow Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Home economics teacher (former) Celebrity chef, Author |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | Bobby Bristow (?–present) 3 children |
| Website | jennybristow |
Jennifer Ann Bristow BEM is a Northern Irish cook and cookery writer. She is best known for her cookery television series produced by UTV.
Bristow was brought up on her family's dairy farm near Coleraine. [1] Before her broadcasting career, Bristow worked as a home economics teacher. [2] [3] She has three children. [3]
Bristow made her first television appearance on Ulster Television's Farming Ulster in 1989 demonstrating how to cook with potatoes, which led a producer at the station to offer Bristow her own series. [4]
All of the above series were produced by UTV, and were filmed in a converted barn at Bristow's farm near Cullybackey. [2] Bristow's series have been transmitted in other ITV regions (Border, [7] Central, [6] Grampian, [6] Granada [5] [7] and LWT, [6] and on television stations in the United States and Australia. [3]
Ratings for Bristow's series have peaked at 215,000 viewers in Northern Ireland. [15]
Bristow has so far published twelve cookery books. [1] Books accompanying Bristow's most recent series have been published by Belfast-based publisher Blackstaff Press. [16] Recipes from Bristow's books have appeared in the Belfast Telegraph [17] and Sunday Life [18] newspapers.
As well as her television and writing work, Bristow takes part in cookery demonstrations and corporate and charitable events. [1] Bristow has taken part in corporate events such as the Balmoral Show [19] and Women on the Move, [20] as well as fundraising events for UNICEF, [21] Macmillan Cancer, [21] the British Heart Foundation [22] and Northern Ireland Hospice Care. [23] Bristow has also been involved in awareness campaigns encouraging people to consume less salt [24] and getting children to practice healthy eating. [25]
In 2007, a Ballymena-based company introduced a biscuit range using recipes created by Bristow. [26] [27]
Bristow was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting and the food industry in Northern Ireland. [28]
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