Jilly Goolden

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name = Jilly Goolden


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occupation = Wine critic, journalist and presenter.
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Jilly Goolden (born 1956) is a well-known British wine critic, journalist and television personality.

Career

For 18 years Goolden co-presented the popular BBC2 "Food and Drink" television series in Britain, with Chris Kelly, Michael Barry and her good friend Oz Clarke (another oenophile) becoming the most famous wine expert in the country. She is known for her outrageously abstract descriptions of wine tasting appreciation.

Goolden has presented two television series on antiques for BBC1, "The Great Antiques Hunt" and "Going, Going, Gone", and she has travelled extensively as a regular presenter on BBC1’s "Holiday" programme. During 2003, she was presenter on BBC1’s "Holiday - You Call the Shots". In 2004, the "Radio Times" included Goolden in a list of the top 40 most eccentric TV presenters of all time. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/3927343.stm] In 2005, she appeared in a new Channel 4 series "Extreme Celebrity Detox". She has also starred in a mini-drama written directed by Pauline Quirke and she has performed in The Vagina Monologues at the Royal Albert Hall.

In November, 2005, Goolden also appeared in ITV1's fifth series of "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!". During her time in the jungle Goolden, along with fellow celebrity Carol Thatcher, was voted to do a bushtucker trial. This involved eating various insects and some local delicacies. During her Bushtucker trial in "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!", Goolden tried to eat a kangaroo's penis as part of the task but failed to do so. In 2006 Goolden appeared on the television series "Celebrity Masterchef".

Jilly has written books on wine and food and palmistry. Her books have also appeared in the "Sunday Times" best-seller list. She has co-written books which include five volumes of "Food and Drink", "Entertaining with Food and Drink" and "The Big Food and Wine Drink Book". As well as books on food and drink, Goolden co-authored "Your Hand - An Illustrated Guide To Palmistry" (ISBN 0-434-98141-9) in the early 1980s.

In 2008, Jilly took part in a special of Wife Swap in the UK, swapping with Cynthia O'Neal, the wife of Alexander O'Neal.

She has been a judge on the ITV programme Britain's Best Dish for both series since 2007.

Personal life

Goolden is married to Paul, they have three children; Oriel, Verity and Phillip.

External links

* [http://www.jeremyhicks.com/jillygoolden/biog.htm Unofficial biography]
* [http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/entertainment/filmandtv/tv/s/182/182107_im_a_celeb_jilly_goolden_profile.html 'I'm a celebrity' profile]
* [http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/im-a-celebrity/biography-of-jilly-goolden/ Unreality TV - News of Jilly Goolden on "I'm a Celebrity"]
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