Grace Dent is an English columnist, broadcaster, and author known for her role as a restaurant critic for The Guardian. From 2011 to 2017, she contributed a restaurant column to the Evening Standard. A familiar face on television, she serves as a regular critic on the BBC’s MasterChef UK and has made appearances on Channel 4’s series, Very British Problems. Grace Dent’s Emotional Departure from ‘I’m a Celebrity’.
Bio/Wiki
Age- 50 years
Height- 170.18 cm
Weight-65kg
Born- 3 October 1973
Birthplace- Carlisle, United Kingdom
Spouse- Charles
Profession- English columnist and broadcaster
Nationality- English
Parents
Dent was born in Carlisle, Cumberland. her father, George Dent, but the name of her mother remains undisclosed. Grace sadly shared the passing of her beloved father in December 2022. The star faced additional heartbreak as her mother die to a battle with cancer in February 2021.
Relationship
Grace disclosed her engagement to Charles in November 2021, marking two years of their relationship. During a recent interview with Kate Thornton, Grace shared the unconventional story of how they met—initially connecting on Instagram, where she admitted to feeling too shy to start the conversation.
Education
Grace Dent attended Bishop Goodwin Primary School in Currock, Carlisle, and pursued her higher education at the University of Stirling, where she studied English Literature. During her university years, she secured a place on Cosmopolitan’s Student Advisory panel, leading her to write features for the magazine.
Career
Following her graduation from Stirling University, Grace Dent commenced her career as an editorial assistant for Marie Claire magazine in London. Transitioning to freelance journalism in 1998, she contributed to publications like Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire, while also maintaining a weekly column in More! magazine. Between 1998 and 2000, Dent explored international offbeat topics for the Daily Mirror.
In 1999, Dent began her association with The Guardian, initially writing “World of Lather,” a column celebrating her passion for soap operas, in the Guardian’s Guide supplement from 2001 to 2010. Subsequently, from 2010 to 2012, she penned “Grace Dent’s TV-OD.” In 2012, Dent signed a joint deal with The Independent and the London Evening Standard. She assumed the role of restaurant critic at The Guardian in January 2018, earning the title of “Reviewer of the Year” at the London Restaurant Festival in November 2017.
Since the early 2010s, Dent has adopted a “mainly vegan” lifestyle, identifying as plant-based or flexitarian. An accomplished author, she has written 11 novels, starting with “It’s a Girl Thing” in 2003. Dent was shortlisted for the 2008 Queen of Teen Prize. Her first non-fiction work, “How To Leave Twitter (My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop),” was published in July 2011.
In October 2008, Dent served on the judging panel for the Young Minds book awards and later participated as a judge in the 2011 Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Dent is a regular critic on MasterChef UK, MasterChef: The Professionals, and Celebrity MasterChef. She has also served as a judge on BBC Two’s Great British Menu. Notably, she was the Creative Director for the Evening Standard’s London Food Month in 2017, earning the event ‘Best Debut Event’ at the 2017 Event Awards.
Her presence extends to various British television shows, including Very British Problems (Channel 4), Pointless Celebrities, The Apprentice: You’re Fired, Have I Got News For You (BBC1), The Now Show (Radio 4), The Review Show (BBC Two), Film 2012 (BBC1), The Culture Show (BBC2), Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe (BBC4), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave), and Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC2).
Since 2016, Dent has hosted The Untold on BBC Radio 4, a series that received two ARIA award nominations. During Christmas 2019, she stood in for Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio 2.
In 2022, Grace collaborated with Ainsley Harriott for a five-part series on Channel 4 titled “Best of Britain by the Sea.”
Grace Dent’s Books
- Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody’s Looking (2023)
- Hungry: The Highly Anticipated Memoir from One of the Greatest Food Writers of All Time (2020)
- How to Leave Twitter: My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop (2011)
- LBD: It’s a Girl Thing (2003)
- Trainers V. Tiaras: Book 1 (2007)
- Slinging the Bling (2007)
- Diary of a Chav: Lost in Ibiza: Book 4 (2008)
- Slinging the Bling: Book 2 (2011)
- Too Cool for School: Book 3 (2007)
- Diary of a Chav: Fame and Fortune: Book 5 (2008)
- Diary of a Chav: Too Cool for School (2008)
- Keeping it Real: Book 6 (2011)
- Posh and Prejudice (2009)
- Diva Without a Cause (2009)
- Diary of a Snob 1 (2009)
- LBD 9c Fd W/ Riser (Paperback) (2004)
- Diary of a Chav (2008)
- LBD: The Great Escape (2004)
- Diary of a Chav: Trainers V. Tiaras (2010)
- Curse of the Mega-boobed Bimbos (2006)
- LBD Cosas De Chicas (2005)
- LBD: Friends Forever! (2006)
- Diary of a Snob: Money Can’t Buy Me Love: Book 2 (2010)
- Keeping it Real (2009)
- Friends Forever! (2006)
- Fame and Fortune: Book 5
- Poor Little Rich Girl: Book 1 (2011)
- LBD: Live and Fabulous! (2005)
- Money Can’t Buy Me Love: Book 2 (2011)
Net Worth 2023
Grace Dent’s net worth in 2023 is estimated to fall within the range of $100,000 to $1 million.
Latest News about Grace Dent
Grace Dent’s Emotional Departure from ‘I’m a Celebrity”
Grace Dent, The Guardian restaurant critic, shared with fellow contestants that she is departing from “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” due to medical reasons, expressing that her heart is broken. Shortly after ITV announced her early exit from the reality TV show, Dent was photographed at Brisbane airport.
In a statement, Dent said: “My dear camp mates, I’m so sorry to let you down. I have left the camp for medical reasons. My heart is broken, I have loved and enjoyed getting to know you all.
“You’ve held me up and it’s been a pleasure being your friend through this experience. Leaving you all at this stage will be one of the saddest things in my life. I love you all. Your friend, Miss Grace Dent.”
The camp mates shared messages of support. A tearful Danielle Harold shouted: “Love you Grace,” with the EastEnders actor praising her for doing “really well”. The JLS star Marvin Humes said he would miss Dent, adding: “She hasn’t let us down.”
A spokesperson for the show previously conveyed, “She has been a great camp mate and will be missed by her fellow celebrities and viewers alike.”
At the onset of Monday night’s episode, show host Ant McPartlin mentioned, “Sadly Grace Dent has left the camp for medical reasons, but she’s doing fine and we all send her our best.”
Having expressed her struggles in the jungle to fellow contestant Josie Gibson last week, Dent stated, “I’ve had enough. I’ve completely had enough. I just want to go home.” In a subsequent video diary, she shared, “I haven’t got a lot left in me at the moment. I’m just keeping on a face for everybody.”
During the recent “touchdown of terror” trial, Dent and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, representing the away team, faced YouTuber Nella Rose and reality TV star Sam Thompson from the home camp. While attempting to win food for their camps, Dent encountered a medical issue when a cockroach crawled into her ear, leading to her withdrawal from the trial.
In Sunday night’s episode, it was announced that Gibson and Dent would face the next trial, but EastEnders’ Danielle Harold would now participate alongside Gibson. Before entering the jungle, Dent had expressed her concerns, stating, “Everything is filling me with a real sense of dread. But I am especially dreading being really hungry because I tend to eat four or five posh meals out a week as a restaurant critic.”
