Stefan Nicholas Gates | |
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Born | Stefan Nicholas Gates 19 September 1967 London, England |
Occupation(s) | Television presenter, food writer |
Years active | 1990 – present |
Stefan Gates (born 19 September 1967) is a British television presenter, author, broadcaster and live-show performer. He has written books about food, cooking and science. He has presented over 20 TV series,[1] mostly for the BBC, including Cooking in the Danger Zone about unusual food from the world's more dangerous and difficult places. He develops half of these TV series himself,[2] including the CBBC children's food adventure series Gastronuts[3] and Incredible Edibles.[4]
Gates presented BBC One's Food Factory.[5] He wrote and presented the BBC Two series E Numbers: An Edible Adventure,[6] Full on Food[7] and the BBC Four series Feasts.[8]
Gates has also written and presented two BBC Four documentaries: Calf's Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of English Food[9] on food history, and Can Eating Insects Save the World?[10] on entomophagy. He appears as a guest on TV and radio programmes including Newsnight, Loose Ends, BBC Breakfast, Sunday Brunch, The Wright Stuff, Iron Chef, Blue Peter, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and This Morning. Gates is a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Kitchen Cabinet[11] and has made two radio documentaries. He also performs live shows and lectures, many at science and food festivals.