Nigella Lawson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nigella Lawson
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jan 6, 1960(1960-01-06)
Age	64
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Nigella Lawson Biography

Nigella Lawson is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on January 6, 1960 in London, England, United Kingdom. English food journalist and food critic who wrote bestseller cookbooks like How to Eat. She hosted cooking show The Taste and Nigelia Kitchen.

Her role as a judge guest on Top Chef, hosted by She was a guest judge in Top Chef, hosted by Padma Lakshmi..

Nigella Lawson was born in Wandsworth, London, one of the daughters of Nigel Lawson, a future Conservative MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Margaret Thatcher’s government, and his first wife Vanessa Salmon (1936–1985), a celebrated beauty and the heiress to the J. Lyons and Co. fortune. Both her parents were from Jewish families. Her given name was originally suggested by her grandmother. Her family kept homes in Kensington and Chelsea.

Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is an English food writer, chef and cooking show host. She is the daughter of Nigel Lawson, a former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Vanessa (née Salmon) Lawson, whose family owned the J. Lyons and Co. food and catering business.

She was married to the collector of art She married art collector Charles Saatchi in 2003 and the couple divorced in 2013. She was previously married to John Diamond from 1992 to 2001 and she has a son named Bruno and a daughter named Cosima. in 2003, and they divorced in 2013. Her previous marriage was with John Diamond from 1992 to 2001. She has a son called Bruno along with a daughter of the name Cosima.

Nigella Lawson Net Worth

Nigella Lawson is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nigella Lawson 's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His father, Nigel Lawson, once was Chancellor of the Exchequer.

She appeared in her own food-related show Nigella Bites.

Taking part in the third series of the BBC family-history documentary series, Who Do You Think You Are?, Lawson sought to uncover some of her family’s ancestry. She traced her ancestors to Ashkenazi Jews who originate from eastern Europe and Germany, leaving Lawson surprised not to have Sephardi ancestry, as she had believed. She also uncovered that her maternal great- great-great grandfather, Coenraad Sammes (later Coleman Joseph), had fled to England from Amsterdam in 1830 to escape a prison sentence following a conviction for theft. His daughter Hannah married Samuel Gluckstein, who was in business with Barnett Salmon of Salmon & Gluckstein. They had several children, including Isidore and Montague Gluckstein, who together with Salmon founded J. Lyons and Co. in 1887, and Helena, who married him. One of the children of Helena and Barnett Salmon was Alfred Salmon (1868–1928), the great-grandfather of Nigella Lawson.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Nigella Lawson height 5 ft 7 in Nigella weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Nigella Lawson Dating?

According to our records, Nigella Lawson married to Charles Saatchi , John Diamond. As of December 1, 2023, Nigella Lawson’s is not dating anyone.

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Lawson’s mother died of liver cancer in Westminster, London at the age of 48. Lawson’s full-blood siblings are her brother, Dominic, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph, sister Horatia, and sister Thomasina, who died of breast cancer, in her early thirties, in 1993; She has a half-brother, Tom, who is currently headmaster at Eastbourne College, and a half-sister, Emily; Tom and Emily are her father’s children by his second wife. Lawson is a cousin to both George Monbiot and Fiona Shackleton through the Salmon family.

Facts & Trivia

Nigella Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Nigella Lawson celebrates birthday on January 6 of every year.

Lawson had an established sense of cooking from her childhood, having had a mother who enjoyed cooking. She conceived the idea of writing a cookbook after she observed a dinner party host in tears because of an unset crème caramel. How to Eat (1998), featuring culinary tips on preparation and saving time, sold 300,000 copies in the UK. The Sunday Telegraph dubbed it “the most valuable culinary guide published this decade”.

Is Nigella Lawson ill?

MORE: Nigella Lawson’s incredible home kitchen revealed She died at the age of 48 after a battle with liver cancer and only allowed herself to take “unmitigated pleasure in food” after she found out her cancer was terminal.

What ethnicity is Nigella Lawson?

Lawson is of Jewish heritage. Both of Lawson’s parents are Jewish and her upbringing was non-observant.

Why is Nigella Lawson so popular?

Known for her highly readable cookbooks and her equally watchable cooking shows , Lawson has taken the world by storm, and, as GQ put it, gotten people excited about cooking. For most of her career, Lawson has been famous for her picture-perfect kitchen and her alluring yet relatable persona.

What did Nigella Lawson study at Oxford?

Nigella attended Oxford University, where she studied Modern Languages. Years later, she confided to a journalist at the Oxford Mail that some of her best memories from her university days were centered around food.

Does Nigella have a partner?

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