Gizzi Erskine
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Griselda 'Gizzi' Erskine (born 20 August 1979 in Dumfries
, Scotland
) is a British food stylist and professionally trained chef.
Erskine presented two seasons of Channel 4
's cookery show, 'Cook Yourself Thin' and is presenting the channel's major daytime series Cookery School in 2011. She has also presented cookery features for ITV1's This Morning
and appeared on Sky1's 'Taste'. She now co-presents channel 4's cookery programme Drop Down Menu
with Matt Tebbutt
Her image and styling play a promiment role in her presenting. She was formerly a punk
but at present has adopted stylised 1960s look and persona.
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
) is a British food stylist and professionally trained chef.
Early years
Erskine lived in Dumfries until the age of 2 and before moving to England. She had an initially comfortable upbringing in London's Belgravia district, attending private school until the age of 7.Career
She trained at Leith's Cookery School in London.Erskine presented two seasons of Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's cookery show, 'Cook Yourself Thin' and is presenting the channel's major daytime series Cookery School in 2011. She has also presented cookery features for ITV1's This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
and appeared on Sky1's 'Taste'. She now co-presents channel 4's cookery programme Drop Down Menu
Drop Down Menu
Drop Down Menu is a Channel 4 daytime show hosted by Matt Tebbutt and Gizzi Erskine. It's a funky, exciting, entertaining cooking show, featuring some of the UK's most talented chefs and its best-loved celebrities, where the studio audience gets to decide what's cooked.-Format:This fast paced...
with Matt Tebbutt
Matt Tebbutt
Matt Tebbutt is a chef based in Wales, UK and is a well known food TV presenter. Born in High Wycombe in 1973, Matt Tebbutt moved to South Wales at the age of six months and so considers himself an honorary Welshman...
Her image and styling play a promiment role in her presenting. She was formerly a punk
Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...
but at present has adopted stylised 1960s look and persona.