Jilly Goolden
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Jilly Goolden (born 1956) is a well-known British wine critic, journalist and television personality.
Married to Paul, they have three children; Auriel, Verity and Phillip.
For 18 years Goolden co-presented the popular BBC2 "Food and Drink" television series in Britain, with Chris Kelly, Michael Barry and her good friend Oz Clarke (another oenophile). She is known for her outrageously abstract explanations of wine.
Goolden has presented two television series on antiques for BBC1, The Great Antiques Hunt and Going, Going, Gone, and she has travelled extensively as a regular presenter on BBC1’s Holiday programme. During 2003, she was presenter on BBC1’s Holiday - You Call the Shots. In 2005, she appeared in a new Channel 4 series Extreme Celebrity Detox. In November, 2005, Jilly also appeared in ITV1's fifth series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. During her time in the jungle, Jilly, along with fellow celebrity Carol Thatcher, was voted to do a bushtucker trial. This involved eating various insects and some local delicacies.
In 2004, the Radio Times included Goolden in a list of the top 40 most eccentric TV presenters of all time. [1]
As well as books on food and drink, Goolden co-authored Your Hand - An Illustrated Guide To Palmistry (ISBN 0-434-98141-9) in the early 1980s.
[edit] External links
- Unofficial biography
- 'I'm a celebrity' profile
- Unreality TV - News of Jilly Goolden on I'm a Celebrity
- Jilly Goolden at the Internet Movie Database
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