Manager
Mark Hutchinson
Build
Voluptuous
Height
5 ft 7 in or 170 cm
Weight
160 lbs or 73 kg
Spouse / Boyfriend
Nigella has been romantically linked with –
- Geoffrey Robertson QC – Nigella was in a relationship with Geoffrey who was a human rights lawyer. They broke up, as Geoffrey dumped her for Kathy Lette, who was a novelist.
- John Diamond (1986 – 2001) – She met John in 1986, during her writing tenure with The Sunday Times. John, a journalist was writing for the same newspaper. Soon, they developed liking for each other and tied the knot in 1992. The couple were blessed with a daughter, Cosima Thomasina Diamond (1993) and a son, Bruno Paul Diamond (1996). In a twist of fate, Diamond was detected with throat cancer in 1997 and succumbed to it in March 2001. It left Nigella shattered and she suffered an attack of depression following the funeral.
- Charles Saatchi (2003-2013) – In September 2003, Nigella married Charles, an art collector. However, she wasn’t too happy in this relationship. In 2012, she expressed her discontent too. June 2013, came as a shocker to public when Sunday People published photographs of Saatchi clutching Lawson by the throat outside a London seafood restaurant. He later tried to refute the truth about the pictures and said it was “playful tiff.” However, it marked the beginning of their legal battle in the court and during the trials, Nigella revealed how Charles used to make her life miserable with cruelty and his abusive nature which drove to resort to drugs. Ultimately, they were divorced on July 31, 2013. She had no children from this marriage despite it lasted for a decade.
Nigella in an ad for the reality cooking show “The Taste” on December 2013
Race / Ethnicity
White
She has Latvian, German, Dutch, and Austrian ancestry.
Hair Color
Rich Chocolate
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Flawless fair skin
- Sparkling almond shaped eyes
- Chocolate hair
- Full-figured body
- Show hosting abilities
Measurements
39-29-38 in or 99-74-96.5 cm
Dress Size
8 (US) or 38 (EU)
Bra Size
32G
Shoe Size
8 (US) or 39 (EU)
Nigella on Vogue April 2014 cover
Brand Endorsements
Twinings, tea company, appointed Nigella as its brand ambassador in 2008, and she appeared in their six commercials. However, later, she was replaced by McCann.
Kiwi chocolate-maker Whittaker’s signed Lawson to promote its 5 Roll refined chocolate (2013).
She has her own cookware range, “Living Kitchen.”
Religion
Though, her both parents are Jewish, Nigella claims herself as an atheist.
Best Known For
Her intimate, sensuous, casual and relaxed style of cooking.
As Journalist
As an English journalist, she started her career as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. Later, she went on achieving the post of deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times (1986). It was followed by her journey as a freelance journalist, writing for a number of newspapers and magazines.
As Food Author
Although not a professional cook, nor did she obtain any training in culinary skills, but out of her sheer passion for cooking, she went on becoming a food author. She brought out How to Eat (1998), her first cookery book, which sold 300,000 copies and became a best-seller. How to Be a Domestic Goddess (2000), was her second book and it won her the British Book Award for Author of the Year. She has sold over 3 million cookery books worldwide to date.
First TV Show
She first appeared on television in 1994 in the show Littlejohn Live and Uncut as herself in an episode dated July 8, 1994.
In 1999, she appeared in Nigella Bites, a show hosted by Nigella herself. She appeared in 5 episodes (of 30 minutes each) of series 1.
Personal Trainer
Known for her curves, although, she accepted that her weight has been an issue. However, she never really bothered about it. In 2011, she appeared thinner and her friends mentioned that Nigella is following Bodyism Clean and Lean plan – an eating programme devised by James Duigan, personal trainer and nutritional advisor to models. The diet plan primarily included Bodyism health supplements, cocktail of vitamins, minerals and fish oils which would kill cravings and burn fat.
In 2013, Nigella surprised the world by reducing from size 12 (US) to size 8 (US). Though, she gave credit behind this transformation to diet control, Pilates exercise and personal training, an insider revealed to Mirror that Nigella took some additional help.
According to the source, Lawson is a foodie and not one among those who can forego food and thus resorted to hypnotherapy which allowed her to eat her favorite foods, but in smaller portions. The newspaper mentioned that she signed up Susan Hepburn, a London hypnotherapist for $450 per hour sessions.
Nigella Lawson Favorite Things
- Food Destination – Manhattan
- Restaurant – Locanda Locatelli, located at 8 Seymour Street, London
- Leafy Vegetable – Lettuce
- Supper – Risi E Bisi, a Venetian recipe and Turkish Veggie Pilaf
- Food – Salted Caramel
- Hobby – Cooking
- Make up – 60’s style
- Mascara – Helena Rubinstein Surrealist Mascara
- Earrings – Big Hoops
Nigella receives her award for Best Food Personality at the Observer Food Monthly Awards on October 16, 2014 in London
Nigella Lawson Facts
- She hails from a Jewish family and the original surname of her family was “Leibson.”
- By participating in the third series of the BBC family-history documentary series, Who Do You Think You Are?, Nigella discovered a lot about her family’s ancestry. She got to know that her ancestors were Ashkenazi Jews who belonged to Eastern Europe and Germany, instead of Iberian-Sephardic ancestry which she used to believe.
- Nigella’s father Nigel divorced his first wife Vanessa, in 1980 and married Therese Maclear, a House of Commons researcher in the same year and continued the marriage till 2008.
- Her mother Vanessa too went for second marriage with philosopher A. J. Ayer and the marriage lasted till she died at the age of 48 due to liver cancer in 1985. Nigella never had a very warm relationship with her mother and she felt her mother was jealous of the fact that she was her father’s favorite.
- In Channel Four’s poll of the 100 Worst Britons (2003), Nigella was voted the 90th worst Briton.
- Her book Nigella Bites was an instant hit and it got her “Guild of Food Writers Award.”
- In December 2003, it was publicized that she refused to accept the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) honor for “her services to journalism and cookery” in 2001.
- Nigella admitted in a London court that she had used cocaine and marijuana as her second marriage was insufferable. It was exposed during the trial of her former personal assistants during credit card fraud – the Grillo sisters.
- She has been classified as the classic hourglass by the British style queens Trinny and Susannah describing her voluptuous hips, tiny waist and rubenesque shoulders.
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