🎬 Documentary

The Cook Who Changed Our Lives

"Nigella Lawson leads a tribute to food writer Anna Del Conte who, moving to England in 1949, helped transform Britain's understanding and appreciation of Italian cooking."

2016 59m

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Anna Del Conte is The Cook Who Changed Our Lives and the instrumental force in leading Britain beyond the land of spaghetti bolognese and tinned ravioli. Featuring and narrated by Nigella Lawson, Anna’s most ardent advocate, and starring a cast of familiar faces including: Giorgio Locatelli, Antonio Carluccio, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Prue Leith and Tom Parker Bowles, this film reveals how a Milanese cook, now 91, changed Britain’s attitude to Italian food at a time when we could only buy olive oil in Soho or the chemist. Infused with cherished recipes, revealing archive and personal testimony, The Cook Who Changed Our Lives time travels through Britain’s social history to reveal how we experienced and enjoyed our first taste of Italian food.

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Year
2016
Runtime
59m
Genre
Documentary
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 👤 Nigella Lawson 👤 Anna Del Conte 👤 Giorgio Locatelli
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The Cook Who Changed Our Lives has a runtime of 59m ( and 59 minutes).
The Cook Who Changed Our Lives is a Documentary film (2016).
The cast of The Cook Who Changed Our Lives includes Nigella Lawson, Anna Del Conte, Giorgio Locatelli, Antonio Carluccio, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

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