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Georgina Hayden
Born1982
Tufnell Park, London, England
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
Websitegeorginahayden.com

Georgina Hayden (born 1982) is an English chef, food writer and stylist, and television personality. She has authored four cookbooks and received a number of accolades, including a Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Award. On television, she appears in the programmes Saturday Kitchen on BBC One and Sunday Brunch on Channel 4.[1]

Early life

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Hayden was born and spent her early childhood in the flat above her Greek Cypriot paternal grandparents' taverna Dirlandas in Tufnell Park, North London before moving "down the road".[2] Her maternal grandparents, also from Cyprus, ran a deli in Seven Sisters.[3] Hayden studied Art History and Fine Art at the University of Leeds.[4]

Career

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Hayden began her career as a food assistant and contributing to food magazines. She became inspired to pursue food styling and was scouted at a photoshoot to work for Jamie Oliver's team, which she did for 12 years.[5] In the aftermath of her son's stillbirth, Hayden turned to cooking, creating meal plans to "ease" herself and her husband through their grief.[6] This routine formed the basis of her debut cookbook Stirring Slowly: Recipes to restore & revive, which was published in June 2015 via Square Peg (a Penguin Books UK imprint).[7][8] Oliver provided the book's foreword.[6]

In January 2019, Hayden joined Delicious Magazine as a columnist.[9] That same year, she reunited with Square Peg for the publication of her second cookbook Taverna: Recipes from a Cypriot Kitchen. In 2020, Hayden began making regular appearances on the BBC One programme Saturday Kitchen as well as the Channel 4 programme Sunday Brunch.[10][11] For her contributions to Delicious and Waitrose's in-house pFood Magazine, Hayden won the Recipe Writing Award at the 2020 Guild of Food Writers (GFW) Awards[12][13] and was named Cookery Writer of the Year at the 2021 Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards respectively.[14]

Via Bloomsbury Publishing, Hayden's third cookbook Nistisima: The secret to delicious vegan cooking from the Mediterranean and beyond was published in 2022. The title translates to Lenten, inspired by the plant-based dishes eaten amid fasting periods on the Eastern Orthodox calendar,[15][16] though the cookbook is aimed at a general audience. Nistisima became a Sunday Times bestseller and won Best New Cook Book at the Observer Food Monthly (OFM) Awards.[17] Also in 2022, Hayden was a judge on Oliver's Channel 4 competition The Great Cookbook Challenge.[18]

Hayden's fourth cookbook Greekish: Everyday recipes with Greek roots followed in 2024,[19][20] also via Bloomsbury Publishing. Greekish was shortlisted for a British Book Award[21] in the Book of the Year: Non-Fiction Lifestyle and Illustrated category and named one of the top 10 food and drink books of 2024 by The Times.[22]

Personal life

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Hayden lives in North London with her husband Pete and their two daughters (born 2017 and 2020).[23] The couple had also had a stillborn son in 2014.[24]

Bibliography

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  • Stirring Slowly: Recipes to restore & revive (2015)
  • Taverna: Recipes from a Cypriot Kitchen (2019)
  • Nistisima: The secret to delicious vegan cooking from the Mediterranean and beyond (2022)
  • Greekish: Everyday recipes with Greek roots (2024)

References

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  1. ^ "Georgina Hayden". BBC Food. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  2. ^ Dale Berning Sawa (16 July 2016). "'Take the time to cook – it's good for your soul'". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  3. ^ Fox, Killian; O'Neill, Holly (14 July 2019). "The recipe that reminds me of home". The Observer. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  4. ^ Holland, Mina (2 July 2022). "Meet the Maker - Georgina Hayden". Justine Tabak. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  5. ^ Fox, Killian (21 April 2024). "Sticky aubergine tart, sea bass with pistachio pesto, baklava cheesecake – Greekish recipes by Georgina Hayden". The Observer. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  6. ^ a b Smith, Graeme (20 August 2016). "Hayden's recipe for a calmer life". The Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  7. ^ Gellert, Sonya. "Stirring Slowly: sitting down with Georgina Hayden". Khoollect. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  8. ^ Huckle, Lottie (7 July 2016). "Cook from the Book: Stirring Slowly". The Happy Foodie. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  9. ^ Smith, Gilly (January 2019). "Meet our new columnist Georgina Hayden". Delicious. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Saturday Kitchen: 07/03/2020". BBC Food. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Georgina Hayden recipes". BBC Food. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  12. ^ "UK Cypriot cook Georgina Hayden wins Guild of Food Writers award". Parikiaki. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Guild of Food Writers Awards – 2020". Guild of Food Writers. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Fortnum & Mason 2021 Food and Drink Award Winners announced". Hospitality & Catering News. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  15. ^ Boileau, Janet (June 2022). "Nistisima by Georgina Hayden". Taste & Travel Magazine. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  16. ^ Lakhani-Kanji, Riya (12 May 2022). "This Cookbook Celebrates Orthodox Plant-Based Food". Plant Based News. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  17. ^ Miller, Nicola (17 October 2022). "OFM Awards 2022: Best Cookbook – Nistisima by Georgina Hayden". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  18. ^ Hansen, James (21 January 2022). "Jamie Oliver's Latest TV Show Promises a Cookbook Deal for New Talent". Eater London. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  19. ^ Scott, Megan (11 June 2024). "The Greek(ish) Cookbook I'm Cooking From All Summer Long". Simply Recipes. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  20. ^ Puckett, Susan (26 June 2024). "Cookbook review: Inspired by Greek grandmas of old, streamlined for today". AJC News. Retrieved 9 March 2025.(subscription required)
  21. ^ "Newly announced Book of the Year shortlists reflect the 'contours of the year past and months to come'". The Bookseller. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  22. ^ Turnbull, Tony (29 November 2024). "The 10 best food and drink books of 2024". The Times. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  23. ^ Crouch, Giulia (24 March 2022). "Georgina Hayden: How to fast the Greek way (we've done it since 5BC)". The Times. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  24. ^ Salter, Jessica (6 April 2019). "'Food was the soundtrack to our family. I didn't realise that it wasn't the same for everyone'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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