Gizzi Erskine
Gizzi Erskine is the phenomenal chef behind many of the nation’s much-loved cookery programmes such as Cook Yourself Thin, Cookery School, The Wine Show and Cooks to Market. She has also appeared as a chef on daytime television shows, such as Good Morning Britain. Born as Griselda Erskine in Dumfries, Scotland in 1979, Gizzi moved to London with her parents as a child. She graduated top of her year from the prestigious Leith’s School of Food and Wine before going on to launch her career as a chef. Since 2010, Gizzi has released eight cookery books focused on foolproof meals and a love of eating.
Her first book, Gizzi’s Kitchen Magic gave readers a break from the pressure of creating fantastic (but one-off) recipes and focused our attention on how to create great meals every time. Within just one book she covered how to master pasta dough and pastry, as well as tips on how to make perfect poached eggs and other exciting recipes. Gizzi Erskine is perhaps most renowned, however, for her passion for pop-up eateries.
She has been on many ventures inspired by food from all over the world including Korea, Lebanon, and California. In 2020, she launched The Nitery on St Martin’s Lane in London, in the space once occupied by the famous fusion restaurant, Asia de Cuba. Previously, Gizzi ran a vegan pop-up burger bar in Shoreditch, London. Her most recent book, Slow, was released in 2018. It encourages readers to take a break from the hustle and bustle of daily life and take time to create something special in the kitchen. If you’re looking to do the same, we’ve got plenty of Gizzi’s most famous recipes to indulge in on our site.
You might enjoy her Instagram-famous chicken katsu curry recipe or this Vietnamese pot roast chicken. If you’re looking for dessert, then Gizzi’s unique recipes for ice cream, cake and cookies will appeal to any sweet tooth. Gizzi lives in East London, in an apartment that marks her passion for the loud and lairy, with her two cats, Ponzu and Kimchi.
Latest articles by Gizzi Erskine
Gizzi Erskine katsu curry
This Gizzi Erskine katsu curry takes 15 minutes to prepare and serves four
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Gizzi Erskine's vanilla and raspberry ice cream
This vanilla and raspberry ice cream is laced with amaretti biscuits for a lovely almond crunch. You'd never know it's a slimmer dish.
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Gizzi Erskine's rare roast beef and crushed potato salad
Beef goes with nothing better than horseradish, watercress and radishes. A very tasty version of our favourite potato salad!
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Gizzi Erskine's courgette, goat’s cheese and toasted pinenut tart
Cheese and pastry are a match made in heaven, which gave Gizzi the idea for this delicious tart. It’s very simple to make and perfect for lunches!
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Decorated cookies for Easter
Looking for biscuit recipes, easter recipes, gizzie erskine recipes or easter biscuit recipes? Gizzi Erskine shows you how to make these easy biscuits in our step-by-step video recipe, plus fun decorating ideas for the kids.
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Gizzi Erskine chocolate and orange truffle cake
Gizzi Erskine's chocolate and orange truffle cake from the C4 show, Cook Yourself Thin.
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Gizzi Erskine's pancetta, faro and bean soup
A delicious high energy soup that can be made in vats and bought to work to heat up, and that will keep you fuller for longer.
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Gizzi Erskine's blackberry meringue roulade
Blackberries are in season right now and what better way to cook them than in a delicious meringue roulade! A fab dessert the whole family will love.
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Gizzi Erskine's meat pot pies
Gizzi Erskine's meat pot pies from Cook Yourself Thin, use low-fat pastry with 100g less fat than normal pastry
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Gizzi Erskine's blackberry Bakewell cake
es? Looking for cake recipes, fruit cake recipes or blackberry cake recipIf you've got a load of blackberries from your garden or have bought some on offer, use them in Gizzi Erskine's delicious low GI blackberry Bakewell cake.
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Gizzi Erskine's potato skins
Gizzi Erskine's low-calorie potato skins with soured cream and chive dip is from the new series of Cook Yourself Thin on C4
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Gizzi Erskine's smoked salmon, avocado and brie on rye
Many people find sandwiches boring – Gizzi's delicious recipe proves they don’t have to be if you fill them with exciting ingredients or using a different type of bread!
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Gizzi Erskine's Vietnamese pot roast chicken
Spice up your roast dinner with Gizzi Erskine's exotic pot roast chicken recipe from episode 1 of the new Channel 4 series, Cook Yourself Thin
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Gizzi Erskine's tuna and caponata salad
Using real tuna makes a huge difference to this tasty salad. Caponata is like pickled Mediterranean vegetables, making it very similar to a chutney.
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