Tom Parker Bowles
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Thomas Henry Parker Bowles (born 18 December 1974) is the son of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (formerly Camilla Parker Bowles) and Andrew Parker Bowles
. His stepfather and godfather is Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
. His younger sister is Laura Lopes
.
Tom and his sister Laura were raised Roman Catholic. Both their father and their paternal grandmother, the late Dame Ann Parker Bowles
, were Catholic.
. He then attended Eton College
and Worcester College, Oxford
, where he was a member of the Piers Gaveston Society
From 1997 until 2000, Parker Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates public relations firm. He then co-founded Quintessentially, a high end concierge service, with his cousin Ben Elliot, Luca del Bono
and film producer Aaron Simpson.
For the past 10 years, he has been a food writer and broadcaster with a weekly column in The Mail on Sunday. He has recently moved from being a Contributing Editor at GQ to being Food Editor at Esquire magazine.
His first book, published in 2004, was E Is For Eating – An Alphabet of Greed. His next, The Year of Eating Dangerously, was published by Ebury in October 2006. And his third, Full English; A Journey Through the British and Their Food was published in 2009 and won the Guild of Food Writers 2010 award for best work on British food. His next book, Let's Eat, is a compendium of his favourite recipes, collected from around the world, and written with the amateur cook in mind. It will be published in 2012 by Anova.
He also co-presented Market Kitchen on Good Food Channel from 2007 to 2010 and presented LBC Radio's Food and Drink Programme for a year.
He is Editor at Large of Pomp magazine and acts as consultant on a number of food related projects, including Heckfield Place, due to open in 2012.
, in St. Nicholas' Anglican Church in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire
. The wedding was attended by Andrew and Rosemary Parker Bowles (his father and stepmother), his mother and Charles, Prince of Wales
, and Charles' sons, Prince William
and Prince Harry
. Ben Elliot (first cousin and business collaborator) was the best man of the groom.
.
Andrew Parker Bowles
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles OBE is a retired British Army officer. He is the former husband of the Duchess of Cornwall , who is now married to the Prince of Wales....
. His stepfather and godfather is Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
. His younger sister is Laura Lopes
Laura Lopes
Laura Rose Lopes, née Parker Bowles, is the daughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Andrew Parker Bowles, OBE. Her mother's remarriage in 2005 made HRH the Prince of Wales her stepfather. She has one elder brother, Tom Parker Bowles....
.
Tom and his sister Laura were raised Roman Catholic. Both their father and their paternal grandmother, the late Dame Ann Parker Bowles
Ann Parker Bowles
Dame Ann de Trafford Parker Bowles, DCVO was a British aristocrat and Girl Guides leader.Her eldest son is Andrew Parker Bowles,The former husband of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall,who was enmeshed in the scandals surrounding the divorce of Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles, Prince of...
, were Catholic.
Education and career
Parker Bowles was educated at Summer Fields prep school in OxfordOxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
. He then attended Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in the eighteenth century, but its predecessor on the same site had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century...
, where he was a member of the Piers Gaveston Society
Piers Gaveston Society
The Piers Gaveston Society is a secret dining club at the University of Oxford with membership limited to 12 undergraduates. It is named in honour of Piers Gaveston, favourite and supposed lover of King Edward II of England. Its members have a reputation for indulging in bizarre entertainments and...
From 1997 until 2000, Parker Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates public relations firm. He then co-founded Quintessentially, a high end concierge service, with his cousin Ben Elliot, Luca del Bono
Luca del Bono
Luca Del Bono a London based Anglo-Italian entrepreneur.Luca Del Bono born in Lipari, Italy, son of Marco Del Bono, that pioneered as a hotelier on the Aeolian Islands. The eldest of three, his sister Melissa is a known fashion designer for , brother Alessandro "Sacha" Del Bono an awarded...
and film producer Aaron Simpson.
For the past 10 years, he has been a food writer and broadcaster with a weekly column in The Mail on Sunday. He has recently moved from being a Contributing Editor at GQ to being Food Editor at Esquire magazine.
His first book, published in 2004, was E Is For Eating – An Alphabet of Greed. His next, The Year of Eating Dangerously, was published by Ebury in October 2006. And his third, Full English; A Journey Through the British and Their Food was published in 2009 and won the Guild of Food Writers 2010 award for best work on British food. His next book, Let's Eat, is a compendium of his favourite recipes, collected from around the world, and written with the amateur cook in mind. It will be published in 2012 by Anova.
He also co-presented Market Kitchen on Good Food Channel from 2007 to 2010 and presented LBC Radio's Food and Drink Programme for a year.
He is Editor at Large of Pomp magazine and acts as consultant on a number of food related projects, including Heckfield Place, due to open in 2012.
Marriage
On 10 September 2005, he married Sara Buys, a fashion features editor at Harpers & Queen who wore a dress designed by Sarah BurtonSarah Burton
Sarah Burton is an English fashion designer, currently creative director of fashion brand Alexander McQueen. She designed Catherine Middleton's wedding dress for her wedding to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge in April 2011....
, in St. Nicholas' Anglican Church in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
. The wedding was attended by Andrew and Rosemary Parker Bowles (his father and stepmother), his mother and Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
, and Charles' sons, Prince William
Prince William of Wales
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge KG , is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and third eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
and Prince Harry
Prince Harry of Wales
Prince Henry of Wales , commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
. Ben Elliot (first cousin and business collaborator) was the best man of the groom.
Family
One of his cousins is the severely disabled musical prodigy Derek ParaviciniDerek Paravicini
Derek Paravicini is a blind English autistic savant and a musical prodigy. He lives in Surrey.-Biography:Paravicini was born extremely prematurely, at 25 weeks . His blindness was caused by oxygen therapy given during his time in a neonatal intensive care unit...
.