Nick Ede
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Nick Ede is a Scottish public relations and style consultant and television presenter. With Nick Fulford he co-runs the EdenCancan PR agency in Soho, and he lives in Hackney
.
Ede was born in Edinburgh, where he attended Edinburgh Academy
. He studied at Glasgow School of Art
and Bretton Hall College in Leeds. He moved to Stoke Newington
in 1996 to try to become an actor, but his mother died from a stroke in 1997 when he was 22 and he moved back to Edinburgh. He did work for the Stroke Foundation and joined Apollo Leisure in marketing, before moving back to Hackney in 1998 to became head of entertainment at Lastminute.com
. In 2000 he became a marketing manager at Mondi Associates, then in 2001 he became head of packages at ATC Management.
In 2003, he did six months work experience at Shine Television, including co-presenting The Russell Grant Show on Sky One. Shortly afterwards, actress Jennifer Ellison
asked him to host a party to highlight her appearance on Hell's Kitchen, which was his introduction to PR work. He launched Eden Lifestyle in 2004, then worked with Nick Fulford, merging their businesses in 2006. He was named Scottish Communicator of the Year at the 2009 Scottish Fashion Awards.
He has appeared on Project Catwalk
since 2008 (gaining the nickname "the Simon Cowell of fashion"), Diet on the Dancefloor and Lorraine Kelly's morning show LK Today. He holds an annual celebrity fundraising night for the Stroke Association called "A Night with Nick", and is a patron for Jeans for Genes
; his father, Donald Ede, was a developmental geneticist.
He is openly gay.
London Borough of Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....
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Ede was born in Edinburgh, where he attended Edinburgh Academy
Edinburgh Academy
The Edinburgh Academy is an independent school which was opened in 1824. The original building, in Henderson Row on the northern fringe of the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, is now part of the Senior School...
. He studied at Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art is one of only two independent art schools in Scotland, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow.-History:It was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. In 1853, it changed its name to The Glasgow School of Art. Initially it was located at 12 Ingram...
and Bretton Hall College in Leeds. He moved to Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington is a district in the London Borough of Hackney. It is north-east of Charing Cross.-Boundaries:In modern terms, Stoke Newington can be roughly defined by the N16 postcode area . Its southern boundary with Dalston is quite ill-defined too...
in 1996 to try to become an actor, but his mother died from a stroke in 1997 when he was 22 and he moved back to Edinburgh. He did work for the Stroke Foundation and joined Apollo Leisure in marketing, before moving back to Hackney in 1998 to became head of entertainment at Lastminute.com
Lastminute.com
lastminute.com is an online travel and leisure retailer. The company was founded by Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998 and became an icon of the UK internet boom of the late 1990s, floating at the peak of the dot com bubble and trading on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol...
. In 2000 he became a marketing manager at Mondi Associates, then in 2001 he became head of packages at ATC Management.
In 2003, he did six months work experience at Shine Television, including co-presenting The Russell Grant Show on Sky One. Shortly afterwards, actress Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer...
asked him to host a party to highlight her appearance on Hell's Kitchen, which was his introduction to PR work. He launched Eden Lifestyle in 2004, then worked with Nick Fulford, merging their businesses in 2006. He was named Scottish Communicator of the Year at the 2009 Scottish Fashion Awards.
He has appeared on Project Catwalk
Project Catwalk
For the Dutch version of Project Catwalk, see Project Catwalk Project Catwalk is a competitive reality television series focusing on fashion design. In the UK it is shown on the digital station Sky One. The show follows a group of fashion designers as they compete against each other to avoid being...
since 2008 (gaining the nickname "the Simon Cowell of fashion"), Diet on the Dancefloor and Lorraine Kelly's morning show LK Today. He holds an annual celebrity fundraising night for the Stroke Association called "A Night with Nick", and is a patron for Jeans for Genes
Jeans for Genes
Jeans for Genes is a national appeal in the UK and Australia. Although both appeals raise money to help children with genetic disorders they are not the same appeal....
; his father, Donald Ede, was a developmental geneticist.
He is openly gay.