Kate Quilton

Katie Marie Quilton (born 30 November 1983 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) 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.

Kate Quilton
Born
Katie Marie Quilton

(1983-11-30) 30 November 1983
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Bristol
Occupation(s)Television presenter and journalist
Years active2012–present
EmployerChannel 4
TelevisionFood Unwrapped
Superfoods: The Real Story
The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money
Tricks of the Restaurant Trade
SpouseJames Lance (m. 2016)

Career

While at the University of Bristol, she undertook a student equivalent of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, where she ate kebabs for one week for 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 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 commissioning editors, a position she held 2010–14.[1] She operated the World Wide Web editorial for some of the channel's biggest shows. She 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, with David Fishwick, for four episodes in 2015.[5] Since January 2016, she presented Tricks of the Restaurant Trade alongside Simon Rimmer. The programming returned for a second series in November 2016. For the third series, she was replaced by Sophie Morgan.[6][7] In 2016, she co-presented Be Your 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]

2017 and in 2019, she presented Channel 4's Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special series with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones.[10]

Personal life

Quilton grew up in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the youngest of four children. She attended Thurston Community College.[11]

In April 2016, Quilton ran the London Marathon for Papworth Hospital in memory of her father, Kevin Quilton.[12]

She married James Lance in 2016. On the Food Unwrapped Christmas special in December 2017, she announced that she was expecting her first child. She gave birth to their son in May 2018. As presenter in the documentary Breastfeeding Uncovered, Quilton revealed she was harassed while nursing in public.[13]

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— Superfoods: The Real Story[14] Presenter 3 series
2015 The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money Co-presenter 1 series; with David Fishwick
2016 Tricks of the Restaurant Trade[15] 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[16] Reporter 1 series; with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones
2018 How to Be Healthy Co-presenter 1 series; with Tamal Ray
2018 The Great British Germ Hunt Presenter, Channel 4 One-off documentary
2018 Breastfeeding Uncovered Producer and reporter Dispatches, Channel 4
2019 The Great Formula Milk Scandal Reporter Dispatches, Channel 4
2019 The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken Reporter Dispatches, Channel 4
2019 Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special[17] Presenter 1 series; with Noel Fitzpatrick and Steve Jones
2020 How To Beat Presenter Series, Channel 4
Cruising: From Boom to Bust Presenter One-off episode; Channel 4[18]
2023 Food Prices: How High Will They Go?[19] Presenter Tonight episode

References
  1. "Food Unwrapped, Kate Quilton". Channel 4. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. Matthew Campelli (19 May 2014). "Kate Quilton steps down from C4 digital role". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. Rianne Ison (30 June 2014). "Jimmy Doherty on The World's Best Diet: 'The strangest thing I ate? Fermented shark'". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. O'Donovan, Gerard (29 June 2015). "Superfoods: the Real Story, review: undernourished". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. "The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money - All 4". Channel 4.
  6. "C4 to divulge Tricks of the Restaurant Trade". broadcastnow.co.uk.
  7. "new channel 4 tv programme tricks of the restaurant trade to air". The Caterer. 10 December 2015.
  8. "Great British Bake Off's Tamal has a brand new TV show". Digital Spy. 9 August 2016.
  9. "Alumni line-up confirmed for Christmas University Challenge - Media Centre". BBC.
  10. "Clear the Shelter (w/t) - Channel 4 - Info - Press". Channel 4.
  11. "Food Unwrapped presenter Kate Quilton inspires students at her former school, Thurston Community College". East Anglian Daily Times. 26 September 2015.
  12. Quilton, Kate. "Virgin Money Giving - Fundraising - Kate Quilton is running the London Marathon". Virgin Money Giving.
  13. Rogers, Helen. "ONE-TO-ONE WITH KATE QUILTON". RCM. The Royal College of Midwives. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  14. Agius, Nicola (29 June 2015). "NEW series Superfoods: The Real Story reveals Grapefruit Diet really works - but there's a catch". Daily Mirror.
  15. "C4 commissions new 4-part series on the tricks of the restaurant trade - Channel 4 - Info - Press". Channel 4.
  16. "Clear the Shelter - August 2017 - Professor Noel Fitzpatrick". 29 June 2017.
  17. "Clear the Shelter - August 2017 - Professor Noel Fitzpatrick". 29 June 2017.
  18. "Cruising: From Boom to Bust". teleboy.ch. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  19. "Food Prices: How High Will They Go?". itv.com/news. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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