Antony Worrall Thompson, MOGB, FHCIMA Festival Patron The Essential Low Fat Cookbook

Antony Worrall Thompson was born in 1951 in Stratford-upon-Avon. Public-school educated (Kings School, Canterbury) Antony then studied Hotel and Catering Management at Westminster College. In 1981 Antony opened Ménage a Trois in Knightsbridge (widely known to be the Princess of Wales' favourite restaurant): the only restaurant in London serving just starters and puddings. Antony has opened numerous restaurants during his career and now has two restaurants Windsor Grill and Kew Grill which serve his unique retro grill style cuisine using only the best, locally sourced ingredients. His latest venture is Windsor Larder a food And Wine To Go shop, a small friendly shop where you can buy a variety of foods and other items from a snack to lunch for the office or a complete meal at home AWT won the prestigious accolade: Meilleur Ouvrier de Grande Bretagne (MOGB) – the chef's Oscar – which is the Academy of Culinary Arts competition; only seven chefs in the UK to have merited the lifelong title so far. Antony has been on numerous prime-time shows. In 2006 he left BBC, after 14 years, to host the successful Saturday Cooks on ITV1 and latterly Daily Cooks Challenge, along with the seasonal spectacular Christmas Cooks Challenge. AWT writes weekly columns for the Express' magazine supplements and also for Food Monthly magazine for the Reading Evening Post. He is also a prolific cookery book writer. Antony works with many manufacturers on a licensed range of food and non-food products. Antony has been the Patron of the Porthleven Food and Music Festival since 2010, having come as guest of honour in 2009. We are indebted to him for his time and enthusiasm.

The Essential Low Fat Cookbook This new book is all about good healthy eating for everyday It's a well known fact that fat, be it butter, cream, oil, or even streaky bacon, is a key ingredient when it comes to adding flavour. However saturated fat is also well known for being linked to heart disease, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes and gallstones, not to mention expanding waistbands. Having to watch his own diet and wanting to dispel the myth that low-fat food means boring food, leading chef Antony Worrall Thompson set himself the challenge to give healthy food a much needed makeover. What results is a culinary world tour of his favourite dishes; all tried, tested and tweaked to make them both low-fat and delicious. Whether you want to cut down on fat for a specific health problem or simply want to improve your diet, this book is for you. Packed with over 180 tempting recipes you'll actually want to cook and eat, each one has been analyzed by top dietician Juliette Kellow and offers at-a-glance nutritional information and healthy meal plans to get you started. What's more, no recipe contains more than 3% fat, with many as little as 1.5%. You can buy the book and get your copy signed by the man himself, in the Main Marquee after his Cooking Demonstration.

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