Katherine Whiteman (1945 - 4 January 2009) was a British food writer.

Early life

She was born Katherine Ellenbogen in Hampstead, London, the daughter of

Gershon Ellenbogen Gershon Ellenbogen (7 January 1917 – September 2003), was a British barrister, author and a Liberal Party politician. He was notable for his contribution to the well known and much used legal reference work the ''Constitutional Laws of Great Br ...

, a British barrister, author and Liberal Party politician, and his wife Eileen Alexander.

Career

Whiteman edited books by the chefs

Michel Roux Michel Roux, OBE (; 19 April 1941 – 11 March 2020), also known as Michel Roux Snr., was a French chef and restaurateur working in Britain. Along with his brother Albert, he opened Le Gavroche, later to become the first three Michelin starred ...

Raymond Blanc Raymond Blanc OBE (born 19 November 1949) is a French chef. Blanc is the chef patron at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scored 9/10 in the ''Good F ...

and

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Personal life

She was married to the barrister Peter Whiteman QC, and they had two daughters. Whiteman died in a car accident in Argentina on 4 January 2009.

Legacy

The

Guild of Food Writers The Guild of Food Writers is the professional association of food writers and broadcasters in the United Kingdom. It has around 550 authors, broadcasters, columnists and journalists amongst its members. History On 12 April 1984, a number of lea ...

created the ''Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel'' in her honour. It has been awarded to

Michael Booth Michael Booth is an English food and travel writer and journalist who writes regularly for a variety of newspapers and magazines including the '' Independent on Sunday'', '' Condé Nast Traveller'', '' Monocle'' and ''Time Out Time-out, Ti ...

and

Yotam Ottolenghi Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi (born 14 December 1968) is an Israeli-born British chef, restaurateur, and food writer. He is the co-owner of seven delis and restaurants in London and the author of several bestselling cookery books, including ''Ottolengh ...

, among others.

References

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