Kate Quilton

Katie Marie Quilton (born 30 November 1983 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) is an English television presenter and journalist. She is best known for presenting a number of Channel 4 television series, including Food Unwrapped since 2012.

Kate Quilton
Born
Katie Marie Quilton

(1983-11-30) 30 November 1983
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Bristol
OccupationTelevision presenter and journalist
Years active2012–present
EmployerChannel 4
TelevisionFood Unwrapped
Superfoods: The Real Story
The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money
Tricks of the Restaurant Trade
Spouse(s)James Lance (m. 2016)
Parent(s)Kevin and Ann Quilton

Career

While at the University of Bristol, she undertook a student equivalent of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, she ate kebabs for one week: breakfast, lunch and dinner. The stunt was picked up by a national paper. Quilton began her career in television while a student and worked for both ITV and the BBC.[1] She went on to work as a broadcast journalist in Somerset for the BBC, spending a lot of her time with farmers, and reporting mostly on food.

Quilton was one of Channel 4's youngest commissioning editors, a position she held from 2010 until 2014.[1] She has run the online editorial for some of the channel's biggest shows and now manages factual multi-platform commissions including The Food Hospital and Foxes Live. She won the BAFTA for Digital Creativity and the Digital Emmy award in 2014.[1]

She resigned as a commissioning editor in 2014 to focus full-time on Food Unwrapped.[2] In 2014, Quilton appeared with Food Unwrapped co-presenter Jimmy Doherty in The World's Best Diet, a one-off show for Channel 4.[3]

In 2015, she presented Superfoods: The Real Story, a four-part series for Channel 4.[4] The show returned for a second series of six episodes in 2016. She presented The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money, alongside David Fishwick for four episodes in 2015.[5] In January 2016, she began presenting Tricks of the Restaurant Trade alongside Simon Rimmer. The programme returned for a second series, beginning in November 2016. She didn't return for the third series, but instead was replaced by Sophie Morgan.[6][7] In 2016, she co-presented Be Your Own Doctor on Channel 4, alongside Tamal Ray.[8] She took part in a special edition of Christmas University Challenge in December 2016, as part of the University of Bristol alumni team.[9]

In 2017 and in 2019 she presented Channel 4's Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special series with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones.[10]

Personal life

In April 2016, Quilton ran the London Marathon for Papworth Hospital in memory of her father, Kevin Quilton.[11] She also married James Lance in 2016. On the Food Unwrapped Christmas special in December 2017, she announced that she was expecting her first child.

In May of 2018 Quilton gave birth to a son. As presenter in the documentary Breastfeeding Uncovered Quilton revealed she was harassed while nursing in public. [12]

She grew up in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the youngest of four children. She attended Thurston Community College.[13]

Filmography
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012— Food Unwrapped Co-presenter 9 series; with Jimmy Doherty and Matt Tebbutt
2014 The World's Best Diet Co-presenter One-off episode; with Jimmy Doherty
2015— Superfoods: The Real Story[14] Presenter 3 series
2015 The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money Co-presenter 1 series; with David Fishwick
2016 Tricks of the Restaurant Trade[15] Co-presenter 2 series; with Simon Rimmer
Be Your Own Doctor Co-presenter One-off episode; with Tamal Ray
Christmas University Challenge Contestant 1 episode; part of University of Bristol team
2017 Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special[16] Reporter 1 series; with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones
2018 How to Be Healthy Co-presenter 1 upcoming series; with Tamal Ray

References
  1. "Food Unwrapped, Kate Quilton". Channel 4. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. Matthew Campelli (19 May 2014). "Kate Quilton steps down from C4 digital role". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. Rianne Ison (30 June 2014). "Jimmy Doherty on The World's Best Diet: 'The strangest thing I ate? Fermented shark'". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. O'Donovan, Gerard (29 June 2015). "Superfoods: the Real Story, review: undernourished". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. "The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money - All 4". Channel 4.
  6. "C4 to divulge Tricks of the Restaurant Trade". broadcastnow.co.uk.
  7. "new channel 4 tv programme tricks of the restaurant trade to air". The Caterer.
  8. "Great British Bake Off's Tamal has a brand new TV show". Digital Spy. 9 August 2016.
  9. "Alumni line-up confirmed for Christmas University Challenge - Media Centre". BBC.
  10. "Clear the Shelter (w/t) - Channel 4 - Info - Press". Channel 4.
  11. Quilton, Kate. "Virgin Money Giving - Fundraising - Kate Quilton is running the London Marathon". Virgin Money Giving.
  12. Rogers, Helen. "ONE-TO-ONE WITH KATE QUILTON". RCM. The Royal College of Midwives. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  13. "Food Unwrapped presenter Kate Quilton inspires students at her former school, Thurston Community College". East Anglian Daily Times. 26 September 2015.
  14. Agius, Nicola (29 June 2015). "NEW series Superfoods: The Real Story reveals Grapefruit Diet really works - but there's a catch". Daily Mirror.
  15. "C4 commissions new 4-part series on the tricks of the restaurant trade - Channel 4 - Info - Press". Channel 4.
  16. "Clear the Shelter - August 2017 - Professor Noel Fitzpatrick". 29 June 2017.
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