- Born
- Birth nameDelia Ann Smith
- Nickname
- The Queen of Cuisine
- Delia Smith was born on June 18, 1941 in Woking, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Delia's Red Nose Collection (1997), Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings (2000) and Mid Life Christmas (2009). She has been married to Michael Wynn Jones since September 11, 1971.
- SpouseMichael Wynn Jones(September 11, 1971 - present)
- Writes all her recipes and cookbook data the old-fashioned way - longhand. Husband, Michael, then simply transfers the information to the home computer.
- Is the United Kingdom's favourite cookery writer having sold (as of 2002) in excess of 14 million books.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1995 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to cookery.
- Announced her retirement from television cooking, although she would continue to produce recipe books.
- Her first real brush with fame came when she was assigned to bake the cake that appeared on the sleeve of The Rolling Stones' chart-topping album, "Let It Bleed" (1969).
- My work brings me into contact with a lot of people and I love people. But I like them more in the work context than the social context, so I don't have a big social life at all.
- I thought that [Nigel Farage's "Breaking Point" Vote Leave poster] was not only offensive, it was Anti-Human.
- I think if I'd had a family, I would have gone wholeheartedly into being a mother. Maybe one of the reasons I've been so successful in my career is down to the fact I haven't had any children.
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