Giles Coren (born 1969 in Paddington, London) is a British journalist and broadcaster. Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... For other places with the same name, see Paddington (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Coren is the son of the British writer and humourist Alan Coren, and the brother of journalist Victoria Coren. He was educated at Westminster School before going on to Keble College, Oxford, where he achieved a first in English. Alan Coren (born 27 June 1938, London) is a British writer and satirist. ... Victoria Vicky Coren (born 1972) is a British writer, presenter and poker player. ... For other uses, see Westminster School (disambiguation). ... College name Keble College Collegium Keblense Named after John Keble Established 1870 Sister College Selwyn College Warden Professor Dame Averil Cameron DBE FBA JCR President Paul Dwyer Undergraduates 435 MCR President Tom Robinson Graduates 219 Homepage Boatclub Keble College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford...

Career

• Despite several TV appearances, he is probably best known as the restaurant critic for the British newspaper The Times, winning the title "Food And Drink Writer of the Year" in 2005.
• He also contributes an irregular and irreverent column to The Times, the subject of which ranges from curious events in his personal life to political satire. Under the pseudonym Professor Gideon Garter he wrote The Intellectual's Guide to Fashion in The Sunday Times, satirizing the pretensions of modern critical theory and cultural commentary. [1]
• In the autumn of 2005, Coren appeared as a regular correspondent on Gordon Ramsay's The F-Word.
• On the 6th of June, 2006, he presented a programme on the digital channel More4, entitled Tax the Fat, a semi-serious look at the cost of clinical obesity and the cost it presents to the NHS.
• He co-presented the Channel 4 series 'Animal Farm' in March 2007
• Coren and writer and performer Sue Perkins spent a week on the diet of a wealthy Edwardian couple, for a BBC4 documentry shown in April 2007. Enormous amounts of offal, game, red meats and eggs were consumed from breakfast to late night snacks, in 'Edwardian Supersize Me'.
• In 2007, he appeared in a series of television advertisements advertising Birds Eye frozen foods. Critics, such as Ian Burrell in the Independent, suggested he had journalistically sold out and ridiculed his decision.

The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... Gordon James Ramsay OBE (born November 8, 1966 in Johnstone, Scotland) is a Scottish celebrity chef and currently one of only three chefs in the UK whose restaurant is rated at three Michelin stars. ... The F-Word is a British food magazine and cooking show featuring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. ... More4 is a digital television channel, produced by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4, that launched on 10 October 2005. ... The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly-funded healthcare system of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British television station. ... Sue Perkins 2006 Tour Photo. ...

Trivia

• In 2005, Coren's first novel Winkler won the Bad Sex in Fiction Award for the worst description of sex. The passage he was awarded for ended with the sentence fragment "Like Zorro"; this reference has gained a cult status as an internet meme, although he says he is unaware of what the word 'meme' means. [2]

The Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award is an award given annually to the author who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel. ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... For other uses, see Meme (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Giles Coren Times Online
• Giles Coren (Byliner: Writers)
• BBC article on Coren's winning the Bad Sex in Fiction Award
• The Independent newspaper article profile
• Independent article criticising Birds Eye ads