Clarissa Dickson-Wright (born Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson-Wright in London on June 28, 1947) is a Scottish celebrity chef best known from her appearances with the late Jennifer Paterson in the BBC series Two Fat Ladies. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78... In its strictest sense, a celebrity chef is a someone who has become well-known for his/her cooking. ... Jennifer Paterson (3 April 1928 - 10 August 1999) was a chef and TV personality who appeared on the television programme Two Fat Ladies with Clarissa Dickson-Wright. ... Founded in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd (a privately owned company), subsequently Incorporated and nationalised in 1927 as The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. ... Two Fat Ladies was a British television cooking program that originally ran from 1996 to 1998 on BBC Two. ...

She was born in St John's Wood, London, the only child of a Protestant father Sir Arthur Dickson-Wright K.C.V.O. who was surgeon to the British Royal Family after World War II, and her mother Molly, Lady Dickson-Wright was a Roman Catholic Australian heiress. Clarissa was trained as a barrister, becoming the youngest woman ever to receive a call to the bar at the age of 21, working as a barrister for some years before moving into cookery. Upon her mother's death in 1975 she inherited "an obscene amount of money" - well over £1 million - but these two factors destroyed her sense of ambition and led to her becoming an alcoholic. She went on working as a caterer for private individuals to support herself (a business called "Clarissa's Company"), as well as running a luncheon club in London. After her second bankruptcy, however, she went to the Lefevere PROMIS clinic in Kent where she took part in the Twelve-step program. After living in a half-way house, she began working in a bookshop in Notting Hill - "Books for Cooks" - and gradually rose to manage it. This was followed by her own shop in Edinburgh, Scotland named "The Cook's Bookshop". St Johns Wood is a district in the City of Westminster in London near Regents Park. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony Close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom are known by the appellation The Royal Family. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... English barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in most common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... In England and Wales, many Commonwealth jurisdictions, and Hong Kong SAR, barristers (, lawyers who are licensed to argue cases in superior courts, as opposed to those licensed for other forms of legal practice outside of the courtrooms, such as providing legal advice to lay clients) are those who have been... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... A twelve-step program is a fellowship which aims at the recovery of its members from the consequences of an addiction, a compulsion, or another harmful influence on their lives, with the help of the faith-based Twelve Steps. ... Notting Hill is a district of London located to the west of the centre and close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78...

She has been described by author Henrietta Green as "the world's leading authority on cookery books."

Initially taking part in BBC Radio 4's Curious Cooks she moved to television in a series which was allegedly a response to, and parody of, those made by another celebrity chef, Delia Smith. Two Fat Ladies reached a worldwide audience and Dickson-Wright and Jennifer Paterson driving around the UK in a motorcycle and sidecar combination preparing large meals which often included eccentric ingredients. It ran for three seasons until the untimely death of Paterson during filming of the fourth. BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Delia Smith OBE (born 18 June 1941, in Woking, Surrey) is a British TV chef, known for her interest in food and teaching basic cookery. ... Two Fat Ladies was a British television cooking program that originally ran from 1996 to 1998 on BBC Two. ... Jennifer Paterson (3 April 1928 - 10 August 1999) was a chef and TV personality who appeared on the television programme Two Fat Ladies with Clarissa Dickson-Wright. ... A 125 cc motorcycle, the Italian-manufactured Cagiva Planet. ... A Harley-Davidson motorcycle with sidecar This article concerns sidecar as an attachment to a motocycle; for the alcoholic drink, see sidecar cocktail A sidecar is an one-wheeled vehicle attached to the side of a motorcycle, producing a three-wheeled vehicle. ... In popular usage, eccentricity refers to unusual or odd behavior on the part of a person, as opposed to being normal. ...

When interviewed for Desert Island Discs she admitted to a pathological hatred of carrots because her father used to feed them to her still with slugs on, although she also stated she would now happily eat the slug instead. Desert Island Discs is a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme. ... Binomial name Daucus carota L. The carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable, usually orange or white in color with a woody texture. ... Slugs are gastropod molluscs without shells or with very small internal shells, in contrast to snails, which have a prominent coiled shell. ...

Outside her food interests she is a pro hunting campaigner for the Countryside Alliance, and a former rector of the University of Aberdeen. A hunter on horseback shoots at deer or elk with a bow. ... The Countryside Alliance strongly opposes House of Commons plans to ban fox hunting. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... The University of Aberdeen is one of the ancient universities of Scotland. ...