From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Smith (broadcaster)
Robert Smith (broadcaster)
Robert John Smith was born on June 5, 1971 in Notting-
ham, United Kingdom. Smith was a well known presenter
Food Network Daily
of factual entertainment and children’s TV shows in the In 1997 Robert began his media career on the food series,
late nineties and in early 2000. He now produces and di- Food Network Daily on the Carlton Food Network. He
rects series for UK broadcasters and corporate films for started as a guest chef but was soon asked to be a regular
blue chip companies. Occupation broadcaster, producer presenter. He presented the gossip section of the show
and artist. He was formally a presenter for the BBC, ITV and presenter Sarah Greene nicknamed him ’Scoop’.
and Channel 4. Robert went on to present various strands for the show
including the red carpet at the ITV London Restaurant
Awards and ’Stars and their Bites’ (famous people inter-
Early life viewed at their favourite restaurants).
Born in Nottingham, Smith is the son of deaf parents.
He attended Middleton Primary School in Wollaton
and Margaret Glen Bott School in Wollaton, Nottingham.
Terrestrial Television
He trained as a chef at Clarendon College of Further Edu- In early 2000 Smith co-presented on the children’s CBBC
cation. series Very Important Party with former Animal Hospital
presenter Shauna Lowry, presented strands on Live &
Kicking Saturday morning BBC and presented on the
Career Channel 4 show Collectors Lot which once again featured
Smith began his career as a chef and went on to own the presenter Sarah Greene.
a deli in Nottingham City Centre called Smith’s Deli-
catessen. It was here that a feature was made for an ITV
Digital food programme and he was asked to become a
Director/Producer
presenter for the show. Smith soon diversified in to the directing and producing
side of television and he worked behind the camera for
ITV. He directed several series including ’Cheesy Rider’
Early career with presenter Rowland Rivron. In December 2007 he di-
Smith went to drama school at the Tozer School of Dance rected the filming of Dame Shirley Bassey’s 70th birthday
and Drama, Nottingham. He appeared in the choir of the party at Cliveden, the former home of Viscount Astor,
touring production of Bill Kenwright’s Joseph and the which is the house where the Profumo affair occurred
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Nottingham and is now an exclusive hotel.
Theatre Royal over seven years. He was a babe in the Not-
tingham Theatre Royal pantomime Babes in the Wood
with Barbara Windsor and in the late eighties he ap-
Own Productions
peared as Gibbs in the Nottingham Playhouse production Smith develeloped a media company called Gemineye
of Kes, directed by Kenneth Alan Taylor. He successfully with business partner Jocelyn Platt and made two series
auditioned for drama school in the early 1990s and stud- of ’Out of the Frying Pan’ with presenter James Martin.
ied at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama, af-
ter graduating he found work opportunities were sparse
therefore decided to train as a chef. It was only in later
Corporate
years that he began working in broadcast entertainment; Smith has become a well known maker of corporate
this was after opening a Deli in Nottingham. After Carlton films. He currently makes films for Lloyds TSB, Nestlé,
broadcast his business on a documentary celebrating McCains and BMW.
foods in Nottingham, Smith expressed his interest in
television and was invited to the studios for an audition.
It was this that started off his loved career in the media.
Artist
Smith had his first art exhibition Galerie [1], Newark,
Notts in 2008. Smith produced an exciting and distinctive
body of work featuring figurative and abstract forms, us-
ing painting to explore colour and texture, drawing to re-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Smith (broadcaster)
veal emblematic forms. His work has been described as a Name Smith, Robert John
visual balancing act where imagery hovers between ab-
Alternative names
straction and figuration.
Short description
TV appearances Date of birth 1971
Place of birth
Food Network Daily (ITV), Collectors Lot (C4), Very Im-
portant Party (CBBC), Live & Kicking (BBC), Can’t Cook, Date of death
Won’t Cook (BBC), Auntie’s Bloomers (BBC). Place of death
Persondata
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