Felicity Cloake facts for kids

Felicity Cloake is an English writer who loves to explore food and travel. She was born in Hertfordshire in 1983. Felicity is famous for her cookbooks and travel stories. She also writes for well-known newspapers.

Early Life and Education

Felicity Cloake grew up in Hertfordshire, England. Her dad worked for a big store called John Lewis. Her mom was a French teacher. Felicity also has family from Ireland.

She went to a school called Rugby School. After that, she studied English at St Peter's College, Oxford. This is a college at the University of Oxford. She started writing for the student newspaper there. It was called The Oxford Student.

A Career in Food Writing

Felicity Cloake is best known for her special column. It's called How to cook the perfect... and appears in The Guardian newspaper. She started writing it online in 2009. Later, it also appeared in the printed newspaper.

In this column, Felicity tries to find the very best way to make popular dishes. She researches many recipes. Then she combines the best parts to create a "perfect" version.

In 2022, she caused a small stir with a suggestion. She said that bacon butties taste great with marmalade. Many people usually use brown sauce or ketchup.

Books and Travel Adventures

Felicity has written several cookbooks. These books are based on her popular Guardian column. Some of her book titles include Perfect and Completely Perfect.

In 2019, she published her first travel book. It was called One More Croissant for the Road. In this book, she rode her bicycle all over France. She traveled about 3,500 kilometers. Her goal was to find the most delicious croissant.

In 2022, she released another travel book. It was like a follow-up to her first one. This book is called Red Sauce, Brown Sauce. For this book, she cycled around Great Britain. She was trying different breakfast foods along the way.

Felicity has also appeared on television. In 2015, she was a guest host on Great British Menu. In October 2020, she hosted an online event. She talked with another food writer, Grace Dent. This event was for The Guardian.

Awards

Felicity Cloake has won some important awards for her writing.

• New Media of the Year Award, Guild of Food Writers, 2011
• Food Journalist of the Year Award, Guild of Food Writers, 2011