Richard Whittington (author)

Richard Whittington (12 February 1948 – 3 January 2011), was a British food writer.

Early life

Whittington was born on 12 February 1948, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, to Jeffery and Florence Whittington, the youngest of four children.[1] He attended Essex University for a year, studying American literature, but left to begin a career in journalism.[1]

At the age of 25, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and in his last 20 years he required the use of a wheelchair.[2]

Personal life

In 1969, he met and married Jane Eckersley.[1] They had a son, and split up in 1972.[1] His second wife, Pippa Steel, died in 1992.[1]

Whittington died on 3 January 2011, aged 62.[3]

Publications
  • Keep It Simple. Conran Octopus. 1993. ISBN 9781850295310. With Alastair Little.
  • Food of the Sun. 1995. With Alastair Little
  • Quaglino's 1996, Overlook Press. With Martin Webb
  • The (Daily Mail) Modern British Cookbook. 1998. With Alastair Little

References
  1. "Richard Whittington". Independent.ie. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. "Richard Whittington obituary". The Times. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. "Richard Whittington obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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