Stefan Gates

Stefan Nicholas Gates
Born
Stefan Nicholas Gates

(1967-09-19) 19 September 1967 (age 57)
London, England
Occupation(s)Television presenter, food writer
Years active1990 – 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.

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  2. ^ "About Stefan". thegastronaut.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008.
  3. ^ "BBC – CBBC – Gastronuts". Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. ^ "BBC – CBBC – Incredible Edibles: Gutbusters". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. ^ Heritage, Stuart (26 June 2012). "Can a change of presenter ever improve a show?". The Guardian. London.
  6. ^ "BBC Two – e Numbers: An Edible Adventure – Episode guide".
  7. ^ "BBC Two – Full on Food".
  8. ^ "BBC Four – Feasts – Episode guide".
  9. ^ "BBC Four – Calf's Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of English Food".
  10. ^ "BBC – Media Centre – BBC Four announces raft of new commissions". BBC. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012.
  11. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – the Kitchen Cabinet, Series 1".