Alan Coxon
Alan Coxon is a TV Chef and British television presenter.[1] Coxon is a chef, culinary consultant, food archaeologist, TV presenter, author of five cookbooks, International judge, food and travel writer and product creator.[2]
Career
Coxon appeared on more than 1,250 food and travel TV shows including:
- Coxon's Kitchen College (Carlton Food Network)[3]
- Gloria Hunnifords Open House (Channel 5)[4]
- Ever Wondered About Food (BBC Two)[5]
- UK Food live (Foodnetwork)[6]
- The Mint (ITV)
- Coxon's Royal Feast (BBC Worldwide)
- Coxon's Sporting Feast ( BBC Worldwide)[7]
- From Birmingham to Bombay (Food network)[8][9]
- The Alan Titchmarsh show (ITV 1)
Coxon was invited by the United Kingdom's Prime Minister to support British gastronomy around the world, alongside cooking for VIPs at official engagements.[10] He is an iTQi judge and consultant (International Taste and Quality Institute) of Brussels.[11]
He was the host and a speaker at Chefs World Summit Monte Carlo 2016[12] and a TEDx speaker Monte Carlo 2016.[13][13] He is a Member of the International Travel Writers Alliance and the World Gourmet association. He served as Judge of the iTQi (international Taste and Quality institute awards) (Brussels) 2010 - 2018[14], Judge of the international hotel awards, Judge of the "Tsingtao Legacy of Taste" "Best Chinese restaurant of the year" awards. He hosted the "Tsingtao Legacy of Taste" awards 2014, served as a Judge of the "Guild of British Food Writers" book awards 2012 and 2015, Judge of the International ecotrophilia awards Camden BRI 2014 and 2015.
Coxon consults and supports food and drink producers from around the world to enter and grow within the international retail market place, assists with achieving greater brand and product awareness.
Recognition
- iTQi superior taste awards (Brussels) 2 gold stars[11]
- Midlands Business "Entrepreneur of the year award (2012)
- iTQi Superior Taste Award (Brussels) for his unique Ale-gar(2011)[11]
- Anuga Taste Innovation award (Germany) (2010)
- Gold Award, Excellence in food and drink Caterer and hotelkeeper Award (UK)(2009)
- Cater and Hotelkeeper Innovative product of the year award (UK) (2008)
- Best Potato recipe of the world (Peru) (2009)
- Midlands Innovation award of the year (UK)( 2010)
- Finalist for the " Academy Culinaire Francaise" Development chef of the year award(UK)
- Five gold awards for Fat sculpture (salon culinare)
- Member of the British Royal Academy of Culinary Arts[17]
- Member of British Guild of Food Writers,[18]
- Top 10 favourite BBC TV Chef presenters in a worldwide poll
References
- Fabricant, Florence (29 October 2008). "FOOD STUFF; Vinegars Hear Muses Of Long Ago". The New York Times. p. 3. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- West, Gillian (13 May 2014). "Chef Alan Coxon to promote the UK's food, beverage and tourism industries as part of Great Britain campaign". The Drum. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- "Coxon's Kitchen College". BFI.
- "Open House with Gloria Hunniford[12/12/2000] (2000)". BFI.
- "BBC - Press Office - Ever Wondered About Food". www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Alan Coxon". www.foodnetwork.co.uk.
- Jager, Christelle De; Jager, Christelle De (November 10, 2004). "Coxon cooks up 'Feast'".
- http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/celebrity-chefs/alan-coxon.htm%5B%5D
- Bistro, Appy (March 11, 2016). ""From Birmingham To Bombay" – The Master Ambassador: Celebrity Chef Alan Coxon".
- "Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street". GOV.UK.
- "iTQi". www.taste-institute.com.
- "Chefs World Summit FR". www.chefsworldsummit.com.
- "50 Tastes of Grey | Alan Coxon | TEDxMonteCarlo" – via www.youtube.com.
- iTQi - International Taste & Quality Institute - Brussels - Superior Taste Award, retrieved 2019-11-24
- "HugeDomains.com - Foodado.com is for sale (Foodado)". www.hugedomains.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- "Who Are The Disciples & Les Dames of Escoffier?". August 1, 2013.
- "Royal Academy of Culinary Arts".
- "the professional association of food writers and broadcasters in the UK". gfw.co.uk.