Kate Garraway Biography
Kate Garraway is an English journalist and broadcaster. Garraway worked as a journalist for ITV News Central in the 1990s and later as a co-presenter for ITV News Meridian. GMTV was co-presented by her from 2000 until 2010. Garraway is currently the host of Smooth Radio’s Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway and the newsreader (on Thursdays) and co-anchor (on Fridays) of ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
How old is Kate Garraway? – Age
She is 56 years old as of 4 May 2022. She was born in 1967 in Abingdon, United Kingdom. Her real name is Kathryn Mary Draper Garraway.
Kate Garraway Family – Education
Garraway was born to a civil servant father and a teacher mother. In Abingdon, she attended Dunmore Primary School and Fitzharrys School. She then earned a degree in English and History from Bath College of Higher Education (now Bath Spa University).
Kate Garraway Husband
From 1998 to 2002, Garraway was married to Ian Rumsey, her former supervisor at ITV Meridian. Garraway married Derek Draper in Camden, London, in September 2005. Draper was a political staffer to former Labour cabinet minister Peter Mandelson, and he was at the center of the “Lobbygate” affair. They have a daughter, Darcey, and a boy and live in north London.
Kate Garraway Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of £ 1.5 million.
Kate Garraway Radio
Garraway’s broadcasting career began with BBC Radio Oxford, and by 1994, she had advanced to the position of trainee journalist for Independent Television News.
Garraway co-hosted two editions of ‘Weekend Breakfast’ (with Colin Paterson) on August 18 and 19, 2012. Garraway hosted ‘Weekend Breakfast’ with Colin Patterson again on September 8th. She filled in for Andrew Castle on LBC Radio on October 6, 2013. She has hosted Smooth Radio’s Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. since March 2014.
Kate Garraway Strictly Come Dancing
Garraway appeared alongside professional dancer Anton du Beke in the fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing. Garraway finished eighth out of 14 couples despite having the lowest judge score in every week except one, as she was frequently saved by public vote before to her elimination in week seven.
Garraway sued the Sunday Mirror in February 2008 when it published an image of her embracing du Beke, implying that they were having an affair, which both denied.
Kate Garraway Book
On March 9, 2017, she published her first book, The Joy of Big Knickers (or Learning to Love the Rest of Your Life).Garraway’s latest book, The Power of Hope, was released on April 29, 2021.
Kate Garraway Career
In 1989, Garraway joined the South version of ITV News Focal on ITV Focal as a creation writer, correspondent and news moderator. In 1996, she became co-moderator of the South East release of ITV News Meridian on ITV Meridian after she was “ability spotted” a her by a manager introducing a three-minute notice on ITV Focal.
In 1998, Garraway joined Dawn on Sky News with Martin Stanford.
Garraway joined GMTV in September 2000, co-giving GMTV Today Andrew Palace every Friday (and Thursdays later on). In the end, Garraway shared presenting responsibilities with Emma Crosby and Fiona Phillips. She co-hosted the show with Ben Shephard in 2009, when GMTV relaunched, presenting on Mondays, Tuesdays, and alternate Wednesdays. During Garraway’s time at GMTV, she had additionally co-gave Eamonn Holmes, John Stapleton and Dan Lobb. On August 31, 2010, she did her last show.
She introduced one series of Such a large number of Cooks in 2004. In 2007, she was an examiner on Individuals’ Test. The Biggest Loser was produced by Garraway for ITV in 2009. Davina McCall was later appointed in her place. Garraway was a normal specialist on Mass of Notoriety, facilitated by David Walliams.
In September 2010, she was promoted to entertainment editor of Daybreak on ITV Breakfast, which replaces GMTV. She took over as the main presenter temporarily from Christine Bleakley on December 6, 2011. On 4 May 2012, it was reported Lorraine Kelly would turn into the super durable swap for Bleakley in September 2012. It was reported on August 3, 2012, that Garraway had signed a new contract to present on Fridays in Kelly’s absence. On 15 February 2014, it was declared Kelly would also front the Friday version of Lorraine.
On 3 Walk 2014, it was accounted for that Sunrise would be dropped and supplanted with Great Morning England. However, the news that Lorraine Kelly would be hosting Lorraine five days a week came along with these modifications. As a result, Garraway would no longer be hosting Kelly’s show on Fridays. On April 25, 2014, she hosted her last Daybreak and Lorraine show before joining Good Morning Britain the following month. Garraway’s appearances on Lorraine have decreased since joining Good Morning Britain. Yet again garraway became interval primary moderator on ITV Breakfast when Ben Shepherd slice his appearances every week to only two; which meant that until Piers Morgan joined the show later that year, Garraway hosted four times per week.
From Walk 2014 until November 2016, Garraway at times introduced The Public Lottery Draws on BBC One. She made a cameo appearance in the September 2017 episode of Hollyoaks.
Garraway finished fourth in the nineteenth season of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in November 2019.
