Nigella Lawson Biography
Nigella Lawson is a television cook, food critic, author, and television presenter from England. She has become renowned for her flirtatious manner of presenting, although she argues.
How old is Nigella Lawson? – Age
She is 63 years old as of 6 January 2023. She was born in 1960 in Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom. Her real name is Nigella Lucy Lawson.
Nigella Lawson Family
Nigella is the daughter of business and finance journalist Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, and his first wife Vanessa Salmon, a socialite and heiress to the J. Lyons & Co. empire. Nigel and Vanessa separated in 1980, and Nigella’s father married House of Commons researcher Therese Maclear, while her mother married philosopher A. J. Ayer. Nigella’s sadness as a child was caused in part by her strained connection with her mother. Her mother died in Westminster, London, of liver cancer. Her father’s children with his second wife include a half-brother, Tom, who is currently the headmaster at Eastbourne College, and a half-sister, Emily. Through the Salmon family, Lawson is related to George Monbiot and Fiona Shackleton.
Nigella Lawson Husband
Lawson met and married journalist John Diamond in 1992. They had a daughter named Cosima and a son named Bruno. Diamond died of throat cancer in 2001, and Lawson took a fortnight off. She was depressed after the funeral and hoarded press clippings in her “Morbidobox” after Diamond died. In September 2003, Lawson married art collector Charles Saatchi.
Lawson was photographed being seized by Saatchi during a fight outside a London seafood restaurant in June 2013. Lawson was upset by the encounter and accused Saatchi of “intimate terrorism.” Lawson stated that Saatchi’s dictatorial manner made her miserable and prompted her to use drugs on occasion. Saatchi filed for divorce from Lawson in July 2013, citing unreasonable behavior. In July 2013, the couple divorced after ten years of marriage and agreed a confidential financial settlement.
Nigella Lawson Education
Higher Kinnerton, a Welsh village, was where Lawson spent portion of her childhood. She had to change schools nine times between the ages of nine and eighteen, and as a result, she described her school years as challenging. She attended numerous private institutions, including Ibstock Place School, Queen’s Gate School, and Godolphin and Latymer School. She worked for several London department stores before graduating from Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford with a second-class degree in medieval and contemporary languages. She spent some time in Florence, Italy.
Nigella Lawson Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of £15 million.
Nigella Lawson Cocaine
Lawson admitted to using cocaine and marijuana but denied being addicted, saying, “I found it made an intolerable situation tolerable.” The two sisters were acquitted on December 20, 2013. Scotland Yard stated that Lawson will not be investigated for narcotics charges.
Before the trial was over, Charles Saatchi allegedly launched a smear campaign against Lawson in the British media via PR man Richard Hillgrove. Hillgrove’s lawyers demanded that Lawson’s comments on his blog be removed. In court, Lawson stated that her divorce from Saatchi had created terrible conditions for herself and her family, describing Saatchi as “a brilliant but brutal man.” After the divorce, Lawson claimed she was “totally cannabis, cocaine, or any drug free.”
Nigella Lawson Weight Loss
Nigella’s weight loss was the result of a well-balanced diet. She shed 12 kgs in three years, and her weight loss sparked numerous conversations. It all started with her foot surgery, which required her to restrict her food consumption. She never believed in fad diets and credits the skill of balanced eating for her success. She also attributed her success in losing weight to portion control and attentive eating. Including yoga and stretching activities in her daily routine also assisted her in meeting her fitness and wellbeing goals.
Nigella Lawson Nigella Feasts
In the United Kingdom, Lawson began hosting Nigella, a daytime television chat program on ITV1 in 2005, in which celebrity guests joined her in a studio kitchen. The first program drew 800,000 viewers, which was a letdown. The show received mostly unfavorable critical feedback, and after losing 40% of its viewers in the first week, it was canceled. She later told Radio Times that she was nearly too scared to leave her dressing room after her maiden performance. Lawson also stated that pretending to be interested in the lives of the celebrities on her show got too difficult.
Nigella Feasts, her third food-related television series, premiered on the Food Network in the United States in Autumn 2006 for a 13-week run. The show received a positive review from Time magazine.
Nigella Lawson Cookbooks
After witnessing a dinner party host cry due to an unset crème caramel, Lawson, a culinary lover, began writing cookbooks. How to Eat (1998), her first cookbook, sold 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom and was hailed “the most valuable culinary guide published this decade.” How to Be a Domestic Goddess (2000), its sequel, concentrates on baking and was lauded for its intimate, companionable style. Lawson was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2001, and her books were published in the United States in 2000 and 2001.
Lawson produced her own culinary show television series, Nigella Bites, which aired on Channel 4 from 1999 to 2001, with a Christmas special in 2001. The show averaged 1.9 million views and earned her the Guild of Food Writers Awards for Television Broadcast of the Year and the World Food Media Awards for Best Television Food Show in 2001. Nigella Bites, a best-selling recipe book based on the show, sold over 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
Lawson’s culinary show aired on E! and Style Network in the United States, with the first series averaging 1.9 million views. In the United States, the series was well-received, but some commentators criticized her for being excessively flirty. The series’ sequel, Forever Summer with Nigella, was panned for its “cynical and reckless” notion.