A Taste of My Life

The story of what we cook and eat is in itself a form of autobiography. A Taste of my Life is a series of programmes made for BBC television that allows writers, actors and entertainers to tell their story through the medium of food. Produced and directed by Mark Adderley of Doghouse Films and based on the idea behind Nigel's autobiography Toast, the first series ran in Autumn 2006, the second in Spring 2007 and the third in Spring 2008. Guests have included the writers Alan Bennett and Meera Syal, the film director Richard E Grant, actors Vanessa Redgrave, Miranda Richardson, Brenda Blethyn, John Hurt, Timothy Spall, Sue Johnston, Liz Smith, Alex Kingston, Richard Briers, Max Beesley, Julia Sawalha, Keith Allen, John Barrowman, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Jane Horrocks, Angela Griffin, Thandie Newton, comedians Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jo Brand and Lenny Henry, Satirist Rory Bremner, cookery writer Nigella Lawson and the journalist and broadcaster Janet Street Porter.   Click here to link to the programme website

Real Food

Nigel's first television series Real Food was first shown on Channel 4 in 1998 and was produced by Frances Whitaker for Kudos Productions. The eight programmes featured guest cook Nigella Lawson and covered eight of Nigel's  favourite passions from Ice Cream to Chocolate. They are regularly repeated. The book Nigel Slater's Real Food accompanies the series.

Nigel has also appeared on Grumpy Old Men, BBC2, 2006, 2007; Eating With Nigel Slater, BBC 2, 2006 .

Radio

Nigel has appeared on Desert Island Discs, Gardener's Question Time, The Food Programme and was a regular panelist on the Radio 4 series Curious Cooks. His autobiography Toast - the Story of a Boy's Hunger was serialised on Radio 4's Book of the Week.