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Lesley Waters | |
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| Born | 3 April 1960 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Education | Ealing College |
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| Cooking style | Molecular Gastronomy |
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| Website | http://www.lesleywaters.com/ |
Lesley Waters (born 3 April 1960) is an English celebrity chef. She regularly appeared on such cookery programmes as Ready Steady Cook , and is currently[ when? ] one of the featured chefs on This Morning .
Waters studied French Cuisine at Ealing College for three years, before cooking in top hotels, and winning awards including a scholarship to the Hotel Intercontinental in Düsseldorf.[ citation needed ] She then joined Prue Leith's restaurant, where she was promoted to senior chef. She then worked as a freelance corporate chef and caterer for government officials before joining Leith's School of Food and Wine as an instructor, rising to head teacher. [1]
Waters started in television in 1989 on various cable TV shows, before Ready Steady Cook and Can't Cook, Won't Cook . [1]
Waters is married to Tim, a photographer, and the couple have two children. They live in a manor house near Halstock, Dorset. [2] The house is now the base for Waters' cookery school.
A panel of dietary experts recently publicly praised Waters for the use of ‘good fats’ in her recipes. [3]
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