Grace Dent Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Grace Georgina Dent
Profession	Columnist, Author, Broadcaster, Journalist,
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 4" (163 cm)
Eye Colour	Light Blue/ Hazel
Hair Colour	Medium Ash Blonde
Career
Debut	TV (as a writer): Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (2006-2007) Author: LBD: It's a Girl Thing (2003)
Awards, Honours	• 2022: Restaurant Writer Award at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards for her work in The Guardian Feast • 2021: Lakeland Book of the Year Award (Hunter Davies Lakeland Book of the Year) for her book Hungry: A Memoir of Wanting More (2020) • 2019: Honorary Fellowship from the University of Cumbria for her lifelong and outstanding contributions to the media industry • 2017: Reviewer of the Year Award at the London Restaurants Festival Awards
Personal Life
Date of Birth	3 October 1973 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	51 Years
Birthplace	Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Zodiac sign	Libra
Signature
Nationality	British
Hometown	London
School	The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School, Carlisle, England
College/University	University of Stirling, Scotland
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Arts (English Literature)
Food Habit	Flexitarian/ Plant-based/ Mainly Vegan
Hobbies	Baking, Iceskating
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Charles
Family
Parents	Father- George Dent (deceased)
Siblings	Brother(s)- 2 • Bob • David
Favourites
Food	Pressure-cooker pasta
Beverage	Kombucha
Dessert	Eton Mess, Viennetta
Chef	Ainsley Harriott
TV Shows	Friends (1994-2004)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Grace Dent

• Grace Dent liked to write from a young age and decided to make her career in writing during her teenage years.

• As a college student, she won a competition conducted by Cosmopolitan (an American fashion and entertainment magazine) and wrote several features as part of their student advisory panel.

• Her professional journalism career started in 1996 as an editorial assistant at Marie Claire (a French international monthly magazine) in London.

• She became a freelance journalist in 1998 and wrote regular features and columns for women’s magazines including Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire.

• She also worked for daily newspapers and teen publications such as More! and CosmoGirl.

• She wrote the popular columns, World of Lather (2001-2010) and Grace Dent’s TV-OD (2010-2012) for The Guardian (a British daily newspaper).

• In 2008, she was one of the nominees for the Queen of Teen Award (voted by readers to find promising young adult or teenage book authors) and one of the judges at the Young Minds Book Awards aimed to encourage young authors.

• In 2011, she was on the judging panel of the Roald Dhal Funny Prize to reward authors and illustrators using humour.

• In 2011, she published a nonfiction book titled How to Leave Twitter: My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop.

• In 2012, she signed deals with The Independent (a British online newspaper) and Evening Standard (now The London Standard).

• She has appeared as a guest judge on various seasons of MasterChef, Masterchef: The Professionals, Celebrity Masterchef, and Great British Menu.

• She hosted the podcast series The Untold (2016-2021) broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

• She was the creative director of the event hosted by Evening Standard, London Food Month, which won the Best Debut Event award at the Event Awards 2017.

• She wrote the popular restaurant column, Grace and Flavour, in Evening Standard (ES) till 2017.

• In 2017, she joined The Guardian as its restaurant critic.

• Since 2021, she has been hosting the podcast Comfort Eating with Grace Dent, a one-to-one interview with celebrities streaming on Apple Podcasts.
  

  Grace Dent with a guest on the podcast Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

• She was one of the contestants in the reality show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (Season 23) in 2023. She quit the show citing medical reasons after 9 days.
  

  Grace Dent in the show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

• On 18 December 2024, she joined the reality show Celebrity MasterChef on BBC One as a judge replacing Greg Wallace.
  

  Grace Dent with John Torode on the promotional picture of Celebrity Masterchef

• As of December 2024, she published 15 books including the Diary of a Chav series (2007-2009), Hungry: A Memoir Of Wanting More (2020) and Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody’s Looking (2024).
  

  Grace Dent at the book signing event of the book Comfort Eating