Amy Willcock
Encyclopedia
Amy Willcock is an American
-born British
-based cookery book writer
, who having specialised in cooking on the AGA cooker
, is popularly known as the "Queen of AGA cooking."
Born in Chicago
, she moved to the UK with her young family in 1980. On discovering the AGA-cooker, she began developing recipes, and then became an AGA cookery demonstrator. Her first book "Aga Cooking" was published in October 2002 by Ebury Press.
She has since developed a dual-career, giving AGA Know How workshops at the George Hotel (which she owns) on the Isle of Wight
and around the UK, and as a cookery book author. Wilcock appeared as judge on the 2010 edition of BBC One
's Celebrity Masterchef.
Resident with her family on the Isle of Wight, Wilcock has two daughters, and runs the most successful Women's Institute group in the UK.
United States
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-born British
United Kingdom
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-based cookery book writer
Author
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, who having specialised in cooking on the AGA cooker
AGA cooker
The AGA cooker is a stored-heat stove and cooker invented in 1929 by the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish physicist Gustaf Dalén , who was employed first as the chief engineer of the Swedish AGA company...
, is popularly known as the "Queen of AGA cooking."
Born in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, she moved to the UK with her young family in 1980. On discovering the AGA-cooker, she began developing recipes, and then became an AGA cookery demonstrator. Her first book "Aga Cooking" was published in October 2002 by Ebury Press.
She has since developed a dual-career, giving AGA Know How workshops at the George Hotel (which she owns) on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
and around the UK, and as a cookery book author. Wilcock appeared as judge on the 2010 edition of BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
's Celebrity Masterchef.
Resident with her family on the Isle of Wight, Wilcock has two daughters, and runs the most successful Women's Institute group in the UK.