Patricia Llewellyn
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Patricia Llewellyn is a British
television
producer and current Managing Director of the television production company, Optomen
(which in 2010 became part of the All3Media group of TV companies). She is best known for her work on cookery programmes (she won The Glenfiddich Independent Spirit Award in 2002, "in recognition of her progressive and confident approach to food and drink broadcasting") and has a reputation as a "starmaker", having built hit series around previously unknown chefs, notably Two Fat Ladies
(with Jennifer Paterson
and Clarissa Dickson Wright) and The Naked Chef (with Jamie Oliver
) for which she won a BAFTA for Best Features programme in 2000. Her recent credits include Heston's Feast for chef Heston Blumenthal (winner of Royal Television Society Award for Best Features Programme in 2008), and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
(winner of BAFTA for Best Features programme in both 2004 and 2007, an International Emmy for Best Non Scripted Entertainment Programme in 2006 and the Grierson Award for Most Entertaining Documentary also in 2006) plus long running food magazine series The F Word for chef, Gordon Ramsay
. Llewellyn has also had great success in finding exceptional on-screen talent in other areas: Optomen's BBC2 series "Mary Queen Of Shops" launched the career of Mary Portas, now one of the most recognisable faces on British television (and recently appointed Retail Tsar), she also launched the television career of archaeologist and historian Neil Oliver who started in Optomen's "Two Men In A Trench" and has gone on to present many series for the BBC including "Coast" and "A History Of Scotland". Llewellyn also Executive Produced "The F**king Fulfords", a BAFTA nominated Cutting Edge for Channel 4 that made Francis Fulford and his family national talking points. Outside of the UK, Patricia Llewellyn is Executive Producer on "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" and "Masterchef", for FOX Broadcasting in the USA.
United Kingdom
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television
Television
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producer and current Managing Director of the television production company, Optomen
Optomen
Optomen is an independent television production company with Optomen Television Ltd. for the United Kingdom and Optomen Productions Inc. launched in 2002 for the United States.-United Kingdom and the United States:...
(which in 2010 became part of the All3Media group of TV companies). She is best known for her work on cookery programmes (she won The Glenfiddich Independent Spirit Award in 2002, "in recognition of her progressive and confident approach to food and drink broadcasting") and has a reputation as a "starmaker", having built hit series around previously unknown chefs, notably Two Fat Ladies
Two Fat Ladies
Two Fat Ladies was a BBC Two television cooking programme starring Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Paterson. It originally ran for four seasons, from 1996 to 1999. The show was produced by the BBC and also appeared on the Food Network in the U.S. and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
(with Jennifer Paterson
Jennifer Paterson
Jennifer Mary Paterson was a British celebrity chef, actress and television personality who appeared on the television programme Two Fat Ladies with Clarissa Dickson Wright....
and Clarissa Dickson Wright) and The Naked Chef (with Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
James "Jamie" Trevor Oliver, MBE , sometimes known as The Naked Chef, is an English chef, restaurateur and media personality, known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and more recently his campaign against the use of processed foods in national schools...
) for which she won a BAFTA for Best Features programme in 2000. Her recent credits include Heston's Feast for chef Heston Blumenthal (winner of Royal Television Society Award for Best Features Programme in 2008), and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning programme debuted on Channel 4 in 2004....
(winner of BAFTA for Best Features programme in both 2004 and 2007, an International Emmy for Best Non Scripted Entertainment Programme in 2006 and the Grierson Award for Most Entertaining Documentary also in 2006) plus long running food magazine series The F Word for chef, Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
. Llewellyn has also had great success in finding exceptional on-screen talent in other areas: Optomen's BBC2 series "Mary Queen Of Shops" launched the career of Mary Portas, now one of the most recognisable faces on British television (and recently appointed Retail Tsar), she also launched the television career of archaeologist and historian Neil Oliver who started in Optomen's "Two Men In A Trench" and has gone on to present many series for the BBC including "Coast" and "A History Of Scotland". Llewellyn also Executive Produced "The F**king Fulfords", a BAFTA nominated Cutting Edge for Channel 4 that made Francis Fulford and his family national talking points. Outside of the UK, Patricia Llewellyn is Executive Producer on "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" and "Masterchef", for FOX Broadcasting in the USA.