The Cook Who Changed Our Lives(2016)

🎬59 min
📅2016-12-22
🎭Documentary

Overview

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.

Production

KEO Films

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Cast

Nigella Lawson
as Herself
Anna Del Conte
as Herself
Giorgio Locatelli
as Himself
Antonio Carluccio
as Himself
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
as Himself
Prue Leith
as Herself
Tom Parker Bowles
as Himself
Angela Hartnett
as Herself
Loyd Grossman
as Himself

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