Kate Bottley
| The Reverend Kate Bottley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 February 1975 Sheffield, England |
| Education |
Myers Grove School Tapton School Leeds Trinity & All Saints |
| Spouse(s) | Graham Bottley |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained | 2008 |
Kate Bottley (born 19 February 1975) is an English journalist, media presenter, reality television star and Church of England priest in North Nottinghamshire. She appears frequently on British radio and television as well as in newspapers.
Early life and education
Kate Stevenson was born in 1975 in Sheffield, England.[1] She was educated at Walkley Primary School, Myers Grove School (where she was Head Girl) and at Tapton School (sixth form), both state schools in Sheffield.[1] She fell in love at a young age with the son of a local vicar: this led to her interest in the Church of England.[2]
Bottley studied Secondary Religious Education with QTS from 1993–97 at Leeds Trinity & All Saints and then trained to be a Religious Education teacher in secondary schools.[3] From 1997–2000 she worked as an RE teacher at Ecclesfield Secondary School. From 2000–05 she was Head of RE at Yewlands Technology College in Grenoside.
She trained as a clergy member by being a vicar's personal assistant at St Mark's Church, Grenoside and then at St John's College, Nottingham.[4]
Media career
Newspapers
Bottley has written for The Guardian, The Independent, The Times Educational Supplement and Radio Times, on topics of religious faith, television and education.[3]
Radio
Bottley has been a guest contributor on BBC Radio 2's "Pause for Thought" on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show and presented the station's The Sunday Hour programme from 2017.[3] From February 2018, with Jason Mohammad, she began presenting Good Morning Sunday.
Reality television
Bottley has gained most fame appearing on Channel 4's Gogglebox with her family, Celebrity Mastermind and Celebrity MasterChef.[3]
Channel 4 approached her to appear on Gogglebox following her involvement in a viral video recorded at a wedding in 2013, where she officiated and danced to Kool & the Gang's "Celebration". The video garnered more than 8 million views on YouTube.[5] Bottley appeared on Gogglebox from 2014 to 2016, over five series.[6]
Religious television
Bottley has appeared on BBC One's Songs of Praise. In 2016, Kate presented BBC One’s main Easter programme.[3][5]
Gameshows
Bottley has appeared on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats quiz show as a panellist.[3], and on BBC1’s Impossible celebrity version.
Ordained ministry
Bottley was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2008 by George Cassidy and as a priest in 2009.[4][7] She served her curacy at St Andrew's Church, Skegby in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham between 2008 and 2011.[7] From 2011 to 2016, she was chaplain to North Nottinghamshire College, a further education college in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.[7] She also ministered at St Mary and St Martin's Church, Blyth, where she was priest-in-charge from 2011 to 2013 and Vicar from 2013 to 2016.[7] Since 2016, she has been a non-stipendiary associate priest in the Retford Area Team Ministry.[7][8]
Personal life
Kate Stevenson married Graham Bottley in May 1998 in Sheffield. Together they have two children: one son (born February 2004) and one daughter (born September 2001).[4]
References
- 1 2 "Gogglebox vicar Kate shares her Christmas plans". www.thestar.co.uk.
- ↑ Davis-Cole, Georgia Aspinall and Latifah. "Who is Kate Bottley? Everything you need to know about the Gogglebox and Celebrity MasterChef star". Heat.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kate Bottley – Greenbelt".
- 1 2 3 "Clergy ordained at Minster celebration". www.chad.co.uk.
- 1 2 "Kate Bottley". KBJ.
- ↑ "Gogglebox star Kate Bottley is hoping to wow on Celebrity MasterChef – but who is the lovable vicar?". 15 September 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Kate Bottley". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ↑ "Clergy and Lay Ministers". Retford Area Team Ministry. Retrieved 19 September 2017.