Sue Lawrence is a Scottish

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...

 cookery and food writer, noted for her promotion of traditional Scottish recipes and regional produce.

Biography

Lawrence first became well known after winning the BBC

BBC

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 cookery programme MasterChef in 1991.

She writes a regular column for Scotland on Sunday

Scotland on Sunday

Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman...

. She wrote for the Sunday Times for six years, and has also contributed to Sainsbury's magazine, Woman & Home, Country Living and BBC Good Food magazine. She also regularly appears on British

United Kingdom

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 and Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n television and until 2011, was one of the food experts on STV's early evening lifestyle show The Hour.

Raised in Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

, Sue Lawrence now lives in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

with her husband, Pat, and three children, Euan, Faith and Jessica.

Publications

• Scots Cooking (2000)
• Sue Lawrence's Scottish Kitchen (2003)
• Sue Lawrence's Book of Baking (2004)
• A Cook's Tour of Scotland (2006)
• Eating In (2011)