Silvana Franco is a British TV personality and

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Early life

Of Italian origin, Franco was raised in

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. Following chef's training at High Peak College in

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Career

A college work placement with the

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's Vegetarian

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magazine led to a position as a senior writer for Good Food, following which she worked as Food Editor for

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magazine. Her first work in television was with

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as a food stylist, but she was subsequently promoted to presenter. She starred in the 2002 BBC series ''

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''. Franco is the author of several cookbooks, including 'Family Food' (2006) and 'The Really Useful Ultimate Student Cookbook' (2007). Silvana is currently Food Editor at Waitrose & Partners and presents many of their cookery videos including the recent At Home With Us series.

Personal life

She married Rob Fitzpatrick and has a daughter, Cassia, and a son, Fabio.

References

External links

*https://www.silvanafranco.com/ *https://www.brookhousekitchen.com/ *http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chefs/silvana_franco *http://uktv.co.uk/food/item/aid/530570 *https://web.archive.org/web/20081012105217/http://bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/ourexperts/silvanafranco/ Living people 1968 births {{UK-tv-bio-stub