
Acting
Giles Coren
Born
1969-07-29 (57)
Known for
Acting
Credits
14 titles
Giles Coren (born 29 July 1969) is a British food writer and television presenter. He was restaurant critic for The Times newspaper from 1993, and was named Food and Drink Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005. He has co-starred with comedian Sue Perkins in The Supersizers... series and with social historian Polly Russell in the Back in Time for... series.
Known for
6.0Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
7.7Giles Coren and Monica Galetti travel the globe visiting some of the world's most incredible hotels. They go beyond the lobby to see the areas that the public never see and roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff.
Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
2017
NRWhat the Dickens is a television panel game hosted by Sandi Toksvig. Team captains were Dave Gorman and Tim Brooke-Taylor for the first series and Sue Perkins and Chris Addison for the second and third. It is recorded at Sky Studios in West London.
What the Dickens?
2008
7.8Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by.
The Supersizers...
2008
8.0In celebration of The Good Life's 35th birthday, Giles Coren and Sue Perkins step back in time to 1975 to find out what it takes to make the self-sufficient dream a reality.
Giles And Sue Live The Good Life
2010
8.0For one summer, the Ashby Hawkins family give up their 21st-century technology and travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950.
Back in Time for the Weekend
2016
Film credits
2010s · 4 titles
NRWhile it may be universally acknowledged that she’s one of the great English writers, Giles Coren breaks down his many reasons for hating Jane Austen.
I Hate Jane Austen
2017
In this nostalgic documentary, restaurant critic Giles Coren challenges Heston Blumenthal to take his restaurant The Fat Duck back to 2001 for a magical feast.
Heston's Marvellous Menu Back to the Noughties
2019
They have dined together through two series of `Supersizers' and attempted to live `The Good Life'. Now Giles Coren and Sue Perkins take their relationship to the next level as they prepare for their very own royal wedding.
Giles and Sue's Royal Wedding
2011
7.0Food critic Giles Coren tries three extreme diet regimes in a bid to increase his life expectancy, meeting people whose pursuit of longevity dominates every aspect of their lives.
Eat to Live Forever with Giles Coren
2015
Series credits
6.0Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
7.7Giles Coren and Monica Galetti travel the globe visiting some of the world's most incredible hotels. They go beyond the lobby to see the areas that the public never see and roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff.
Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
2017
NRWhat the Dickens is a television panel game hosted by Sandi Toksvig. Team captains were Dave Gorman and Tim Brooke-Taylor for the first series and Sue Perkins and Chris Addison for the second and third. It is recorded at Sky Studios in West London.
What the Dickens?
2008
7.8Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by.
The Supersizers...
2008
8.0In celebration of The Good Life's 35th birthday, Giles Coren and Sue Perkins step back in time to 1975 to find out what it takes to make the self-sufficient dream a reality.
Giles And Sue Live The Good Life
2010
8.0For one summer, the Ashby Hawkins family give up their 21st-century technology and travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950.
Back in Time for the Weekend
2016
Movie Lounge was a movie and DVD review television show, presented by newspaper columnist and food critic Giles Coren. It was shown on the British terrestrial channel Five.
Movie Lounge
2006
8.0One British family embark on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure to discover how the food we eat has transformed the way we live.
Further Back in Time for Dinner
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Million Dollar Critic
2014
7.2One British family embark on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure to discover how a post-war revolution in the food we eat has transformed the way we live. Starting in 1950 and guided by real records of what ordinary families ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner, they will go from meagre rations to ready meals and delivery pizza in just six weeks.
Back in Time for Dinner
2015
