Matilda Elizabeth Ramsay (born 8 November 2001) is an English television presenter, cook and social media influencer best known for presenting the BBC cooking show ''

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'' on

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alongside her family. Ramsay has made numerous television appearances including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Friday Night Jazz'', and ''

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.'' Her parents are

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, a cook book author, and

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, a

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. She resides in both the United Kingdom and the United States with her family and was a contestant on the nineteenth series of ''

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''. Ramsay was also a contestant on ''

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'', where she reached the final.

Early life and career

2010–present

Ramsay was raised in

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, South West London, and divides her time between there and

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for her father's television career. She has been a keen cook from a young age. Before Ramsay started presenting ''Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch'' on CBBC, she made several appearances on her father's TV shows ''

'' and ''

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'' from 2010 to 2015. In 2013, Matilda appeared alongside her father on ''

'' to teach home cooking. Her mother, Tana, also would appear on occasion. In 2015, it was announced that Ramsay would host her own cooking and entertainment show on

. ''Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch'', which is aimed at the younger audience, stars all the members of the Ramsay family as they go on their summer holidays. The first series was aired on 14 April 2015, with the second series airing 6 May 2016 and the third series airing on 5 May 2017. Each series is made up of 15 episodes. Matilda's sister, Megan Ramsay, ran the

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in 2017 in memory of their unborn baby brother Rocky, after her mother suffered a miscarriage five months into her pregnancy in June 2016. It was announced in June 2017 that Ramsay's

show ''

'' had been renewed for a fourth series to air in 2018. The fourth series began on 24 April 2018. In September 2018, Tilly, alongside her father, appeared on the

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show ''

'' in a series of cooking segments titled "Big Chef Little Chef" involving the Ramsays cooking meals and trying to help children get into cooking. Ramsay made an appearance on season 18 of ''

'' as a special guest in the eighth episode, where the dinner service was centred around her Sweet 16 birthday party. Ramsay lends her voice to the

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-owned company One Potato Two Potato, originally a joint venture between

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and her father, where she says the company name in a singalong style. In 2021, Ramsay competed in the nineteenth series of ''

'' and was partnered with professional dancer

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. On 28 November 2021, she became the ninth celebrity to be eliminated from the competition. On 12 October 2023, it was announced that Ramsay will join ''MasterChef Junior'' as a new judge in its ninth season, alongside returning judges, her father

, Aarón Sánchez, and

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Filmography

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

In March 2015, Ramsay announced that she had written her first cookery book based on the

show of the same name. The book was released on 4 May 2017. * ''Matilda & The Ramsay Bunch: Tilly's Kitchen Takeover'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsay, Matilda 2001 births 21st-century English actresses Actors from the London Borough of Wandsworth Actresses from London Alumni of the University of Nottingham English child actresses English children's television presenters English people of Irish descent English people of Scottish descent English television actresses English television chefs English women chefs English women television presenters Living people Tilly Television personalities from the London Borough of Wandsworth