 | This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Gilli Davies" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Gilli Davies | |
|---|---|
| Born | Wales |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Welsh cuisine |
Television show(s)
| |
| Website | http://www.gillicliff.co.uk |
Gilli Davies is a Cordon Bleu cook from Wales. Davies has been involved with food, food journalism and broadcasting since about 1975.
Background
At the age of 19, Davies ran her own bistro in Oxford. Davies has also run a restaurant in Berlin and an organic food restaurant in Cardiff and now lives in York.
Writing
Davies has written numerous cookery books based on Welsh cuisine, Cypriot cuisine and organic food.
In October 2015 Graffeg published the Flavours of Wales, a collection of five pocket books, each with over 20 recipes on Welsh cuisine.
Television
In 1990, Davies wrote and presented a 10 part television series called Tastes of Wales
Other work
Davies has run children's cookery classes, a training scheme to encourage restaurants to use local ingredients and a variety of other food events. Davies has been an advisor to the Food Standards Agency and is also a member and former chairwoman of the Guild of Food Writers.
Bibliography
Books by Gilli Davies include:
- A Taste of Cyprus, Interworld Publications, 1998. ISBN 0948853255
- A Taste of Wales, Pavilion Books, 1995. ISBN 1-85793-2935
- Celtic Cuisine, Graffeg, 2008. ISBN 9781905582105
- Cook Organic, Metro Books, London, 1998. ISBN 190051236X
- The down to earth cookbook, British Gas Wales, 1993. ISBN 0903545527
- Eat Well in Wales, Western Mail & Echo Ltd., 1998. ISBN 1900477033
- Lamb, Leeks and Laverbread, Grafton, 1989. ISBN 0586201394
- The Joy of Organic Cookery, Metro Books, London, 2002. ISBN 1843580128
- The Very Best Flavours of Wales, Gwasg Gomer, 1997. ISBN 1859025900
- The Welsh Calendar Cookbook, Y Lolfa Cyf., 2014. ISBN 0862437490
- Flavours of Wales: Vegetarian dishes, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN 9781909823129
- Flavours of Wales: Fish and seafood, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN 9781909823112
- Flavours of Wales: Puddings and baking, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN 9781909823143
- Flavours of Wales: Starters and light dishes, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN 9781909823167
- Flavours of Wales: Meat, poultry and game, Graffeg, 2015. ISBN 9781909823136