Hilda Elsie Marguerite Patten CBE (nÃÆ' Â © e Brown ; November 4, 1915 - June 4, 2015), is an English home economist, food writer and broadcaster.
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Early life and career
Born in Bath, Somerset, he grew up in Barnet, Hertfordshire, where he won a scholarship to the Grammar School for Queen Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth's School). Patten was 12 years old when he started cooking for his mother and younger brother, when his master's father died and his mother had to return to work as a teacher. He then explained that when he was not the main chef for the family, he was interested in cooking from that age onwards. He later worked as an actress in the treasury theater for nine months, and for Frigidaire, promoted the benefits of the refrigerator, as a senior home economist.
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Second World War
During World War II, he worked for the Food Department to suggest nutritious and inventive recipes using the available food rations. He broadcasts his ideas and suggestions for the nation on a BBC radio program called Home Kitchen . When the war ended, he demonstrated kitchen utensils for Harrods, including pressure cooker whose work was popularized in the UK.
Television
She was one of the earliest 'celebrity celebrities' of TV - a description she disagreed with, saying, "I'm NOT! On the day I die, I'll be a home economist", which presented her first TV cooking program on BBC in 1947. However, Marguerite seems to have loosened this stance later on, describing herself as "Britain's first television cook." She appeared on television about eight years before Fanny Cradock, whom she did not like and was called "bully" but her ability to cook her was appreciated. Patten performed a cooking demonstration, after traveling the world and also performing at the London Palladium on 12 occasions.
Books
Patten wrote a number of cooking books, many of which are bestsellers. In 1961, when cookery books were primarily illustrated in black and white, Paul Hamlyn's publisher produced a glossy Cookery In Color book that proved to be influential in subsequent publications. The Everyday Cook Book in Color has sold over a million copies in 1969. He has sold 17 million copies of his 170 books,
Patten continued to contribute to TV programs and radio food in the late 1990s, after retiring for a while in his seventies.
His approach to cooking instruction includes teaching the necessary knowledge and skills in the kitchen. His suggestions and books are very important in improving the quality of British cuisine in the postwar years, when rationing means that more exotic dishes are impossible to prepare. He has been influential on other famous chefs like Nigel Slater and Gary Rhodes, who call him one of his two culinary heroes.
Awards
He was appointed Officer of the Royal Order of the United Kingdom (OBE) in 1991 for "Service for the Art of Cooking" and was appointed to the Commander of the Royal Order of the United Kingdom (CBE) in Honors of 2010. In 2007, he received the Woman of the Year award, Lifetime Achievement Award.
Death
His death was announced on June 10, 2015. He died on Thursday, June 4, 99 years old, "from a very serious illness" according to his family. He suffered a stroke in June 2011 that had robbed him of his conversation, and towards the end of his life he could no longer stand so as to prevent him from cooking.
References
External links
- Biography at Celebrity Chefs UK
- Marguerite Patten on BBC Radio 4 (including sound clips)
- Practical Biosies to Be Eaten
- Bibliography created by the British Library
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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