How old is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and who is the celebrity chef’s wife? – The Sun

HUGH Fearnley-Whittingstall is a TV chef best known for hosting the River Cottage series on Channel 4.

And on top of that he is also a talented journalist, food writer and campaigner on food and environmental issues – such as plastic as explored in his new programme.

Who is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and how old is he?

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was born in Hampstead, London, on January 14, 1965 – that makes him 55.

Hugh was educated at Summer Fields School, Eton College and St Peter's College, Oxford, where he read philosophy and psychology.

He has previously lived in Africa and considered a career in wildlife conservation.

However, when he returned to England, he became a sous-chef at the River Café in London.

As a journalist, Hugh has had his work published in publications such as Punch, the Evening Standard, The Sunday Times and The Guardian.

Hugh has three River Cottage restaurants – in Axminster, Bristol and Winchester.

He's written and published 24 books over the years and with his latest, his 25th – a cookbook called Much More Veg – he hopes to inspire more people to become less dependent on meat.

He said: "What people need more help with is making vegetables delicious. Because they have to compete in the end; we have to make them super tasty for people to want them, not just virtuous, and we need to make them tasty raw, tasty cooked, tasty fried, tasty roasted."

Who is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's wife?

Hugh married wife Marie Derome in 2001.

The couple and their livestock live on a small farm in East Devon.

They used to live together in London, but they fled to the countryside in the late eighties.

Hugh and Marie keep their marriage and family life away from the public eye for the most part.

Does Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have any children?

Hugh and Marie have four children together – Oscar, 18, Freddy, 14, Louisa, seven, and Chloe, 21.

They adopted after her mother, Kate Peyton, died in 2005 while reporting for the BBC from Mogadishu, Somalia.

In 2011, he let Chloe, Oscar and Freddie take over his Guardian column with their recipe ideas.

Not much else is known about his children.

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