Kate Quilton

Kate Quilton
Born 1983 (age 33–34)
Residence United States
Nationality British
Education University of Bristol
Occupation Television presenter and Journalist
Years active 2012–present
Employer Channel 4
Television Food Unwrapped
Superfoods: The Real Story
The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money
Tricks of the Restaurant Trade
Spouse(s) James Lance (m. 2016)
Parent(s) Kevin and Ann Quilton
Website Official Twitter

Katie Marie Quilton (born November 1983) is an English television presenter and journalist. She is best known for presenting a number of Channel 4 television series, including Food Unwrapped since 2012.

Career

Whilst at the University of Bristol, she undertook a student equivalent of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, she ate kebabs for one week: breakfast, lunch and dinner. The stunt was picked up by a national paper. Quilton began her career in television while a student and worked for both ITV and the BBC.[1] She went on to work as a broadcast journalist in Somerset for the BBC, spending a lot of her time with farmers, and reporting mostly on food.

Quilton was one of Channel 4's youngest commissioning editors, a position she held from 2010 until 2014.[1] She has run the online editorial for some of the channel's biggest shows and now manages factual multi-platform commissions including The Food Hospital and Foxes Live. She won the BAFTA for Digital Creativity and the Digital Emmy award in 2014.[1]

She resigned as a commissioning editor in 2014 to focus full-time on Food Unwrapped.[2] In 2014, Quilton appeared with Food Unwrapped co-presenter Jimmy Doherty in The World's Best Diet, a one-off show for Channel 4.[3]

In 2015, she presented Superfoods: The Real Story, a four-part series for Channel 4.[4] The show returned for a second series of six episodes in 2016. She presented The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money, alongside David Fishwick for four episodes in 2015.[5] In January 2016, she began presenting Tricks of the Restaurant Trade alongside Simon Rimmer. The programm returned for a second series, beginning in November 2016.[6][7] In 2016, she co-presented Be Your Own Doctor on Channel 4, alongside Tamal Ray.[8] She took part in a special edition of Christmas University Challenge in December 2016, as part of the University of Bristol alumni team.[9]

She was a reporter for Channel 4's Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special series presented by Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones.[10]

Personal life

In April 2016, Quilton ran the London Marathon for Papworth Hospital.[11] She also married James Lance in 2016.

She grew up on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds with elder sisters Kerry and Stacey and older brother Mark.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012— Food Unwrapped Co-presenter 9 series; with Jimmy Doherty and Matt Tebbutt
2014 The World's Best Diet Co-presenter One-off episode; with Jimmy Doherty
2015–2016 Superfoods: The Real Story[12] Presenter 2 series
2015 The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money Co-presenter 1 series; with David Fishwick
2016 Tricks of the Restaurant Trade[13] Co-presenter 2 series; with Simon Rimmer
Be Your Own Doctor Co-presenter One-off episode; with Tamal Ray
Christmas University Challenge Contestant 1 episode; part of University of Bristol team
2017 Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special[14][15] Reporter 1 series; with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones
How to Be Healthy Co-presenter 1 upcoming series; with Tamal Ray

References

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