Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in March 2009
Born	Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (1965-01-14) 14 January 1965 (age 60) Hampstead, London, England
Other names	HFW
Education	Summer Fields School Eton College
Alma mater	St Peter's College, Oxford
Occupations	Celebrity chef television personality journalist food writer
Known for	River Cottage
Spouse	Marie Derome ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	4
Parents	Robert Fearnley-Whittingstall (father) Jane Lascelles (mother)
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's voice Recorded July 2009 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs

Hugh Christopher Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall (born 14 January 1965) is an English celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, and campaigner on food and environmental issues. He is a food writer and an omnivore who focuses on plant-based cooking. He hosted the River Cottage series on the UK television channel Channel 4, in which audiences observe his efforts to become a self-reliant, downshifted farmer in rural England; Fearnley-Whittingstall feeds himself, his family and friends with locally produced and sourced fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, and meat. He has also become a campaigner on issues related to food production and the environment, such as fisheries management and animal welfare.