10 of our favourite Nigella Lawson recipes (2024)

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What is Nigella Lawson's most famous dish? ›

Nigella needs no introduction. She is the queen of simple cooking made good, with cookbooks that are so beautifully written, they're worthy of reading in bed. Her timeless recipes have become staples, not least because they're straight-forward to prepare and they always have that extra special something thrown in.

In 2008 Lawson reported that she held a personal fortune of £15 million. Her husband Charles Saatchi was worth £100 million at that time. She said her two children should not inherit any of her money, saying: "I am determined that my children should have no financial security.

Two years after John passed away, Nigella remarried in 2003 to wealthy art collector and advertising agency founder, Charles Saatchi.

For me, the weekend cries out for American Breakfast Pancakes – and if you want to make your life even easier, try my Home Made Instant Pancake Mix – or French toast (either Orange French Toast or Doughnut French Toast, you choose).

Introduction. Look, the name is meant to be a bit of a joke, but what I'm talking about is a pitta-like bread, glazed golden with beaten egg and sprinkled with nigella seeds. This is what I make when I'm in mezze-mode.

Nigella never trained as a professional chef. In fact, she has often said that she doesn't like being called a celebrity chef at all. She has described herself as a “kitchen klutz” because, she says, she's just not naturally organized or graceful in the kitchen!

Alongside chasing turkey twizzlers out of school dinners, Jamie is famous for his Italian and American inspired dishes, but it's his classic, rustic and simple steak sarnie (from his Meals in 30 Minutes book). This steak sarnie recipe remains one of Jamie Oliver's most famous dishes.

Is Nigella Lawson upper class? ›

Nigella Lawson is upper class through and through (she's the daughter of former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson for heaven's sake), and she never worked in a restaurant.

The celebrity chef Nigella Lawson had been reported to have lost up to three stone recently. However, unlike most celebrities who lose weight, she had not attributed this to a miracle diet programme, which was highly unusual. As it turns out, the reason for her weight loss was actually surgery.

After all, she has a Masters degree in Medieval and Modern Languages from Oxford, speaks four languages, and was a successful journalist and deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times before becoming the Domestic Goddess.

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It's 90% because she avoids the sun. Sun exposure is responsible for 90% of the signs of skin ageing. It's called dermatoheliosis or photoageing.

Nigella is known for her love of using duck fat to cook with, for example. Her most beloved recipes include main courses like roasted buttermilk chicken and coq au riesling, a stewed chicken dish. She is also known for luxurious, indulgent deserts, like chocolate mousse cake and coffee walnut layer cake.

Nigella is using a metal spatula made by Wusthof. It is the "4435" spatula and is 12cm/4 1/2 inches long and is available from several sources on-line. The measuring spoons used by Nigella are Amco Professional Performance stainless steel measuring spoons.