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Dan Lepard | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) |
| Spouse | David Whitehouse |
| Website | www |
Dan Lepard (born 1964) is an Australian baker,food writer, photographer, television presenter andcelebrity chef. He was previously a fashion photographer working forItalian Vogue[1] before changing careers age 27, and is today known for reconciling historical methods with innovation in baking.[2]
In 1992 Dan became a pastry chef for Alastair Little[3] in Soho, London even though he had no formal training.[4] He then worked forDavid Hockney as a chef in both London and Los Angeles.[5]
He started working as a baker and consultant at Baker & Spice Bakery in 1997.[6] At his time at Baker & Spice he worked with Sami Tamimi (chef),Yotam Ottolenghi (head pastry chef), and Jim Webb (head viennoiserie chef). Tamimi, Ottolenghi and Webb along with Noam Bar later teamed up to start Ottolenghi's deli's and restaurants, and Dan helped advise the team on the bread for their bakeries.[7]
He has founded bakeries forFergus Henderson atSt John,[8]John Torode at Mezzo,[9] Tony Kitous at Levant[10] andGiorgio Locatelli at Locanda Locatelli[11] andZafferano.[12]
In 2003, he was the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to London Restaurants at the London Restaurant Awards.[13] In 2012, he created the pop-up bakery The Loaf in a Box in San Sebastián, Spain.[14] It ran from July to September and served as an arena for all those who love bread to debate and eat fantastic produce.[15]In 2012 UK supermarket chainSainsbury's launched a baking website with Dan where he has a regular Q&A slot.[16]
From September 2005[17] through to September 2013[18] he wrote a weekly baking column inThe Guardian calledHow to Bake.[19] His column has been very popular drawing a broad fanbase of eager home bakers. Dan's recipes can also be found on theBBC Food website[20] and he is the baking guru for Mumsnet.com.[21]
He also writes for Waitrose Magazine,[22] Sainsburys Magazine,[23] and Delicious Magazine[24] (UK). In Australia Dan writes forGourmet Traveller Magazine.[25]
In April 2014 Dan started to write a cookery column forThe Sydney Morning Herald andThe Age in Melbourne[26]
In 2013 Dan featured as a judge alongsideKerry Vincent onThe Great Australian Bake Off, a cooking television series aired onNine Network in Australia.[27] This was the first series and is based on the popular British formatThe Great British Bake Off. In the UK he appears as a guest chef onChannel Four'sSunday Brunch.[28][29]
Dan teaches sourdough masterclasses for the Cookery School at Little Portland Street, London.[30] He frequently gives baking demonstrations, talks and masterclasses throughout the country at a wide range of events and festivals.
He has lived in London since his late teens. In 2012 Dan Lepard entered into acivil partnership with his long-term partner and business manager David Whitehouse.[31]