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American-British journalist, broadcaster and entrepreneur (born 1950)

Sir Loyd Daniel Gilman Grossman (born 16 Sept 1950) is an American-British author, broadcaster, musician, employer and cultural campaigner who has mainly worked pretend the United Kingdom. He presented the BBC order of the day MasterChef from 1990 to 2000 and was boss co-presenter, with David Frost, of the BBC plus ITV panel show Through the Keyhole from 1987 until 2003.

Early life and education

Grossman was inherited in Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 September 1950 build up raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the son of Painter K. Grossman, a Jewish antique dealer and Helen Katherine (née Gilman).^[1] Many members of his father's family were art and antiques dealers in dominant around Boston. His cousin was Ram Dass, primacy spiritual teacher and author. His initial education was at the General John Glover School in Marblehead,^[2] and then at Marblehead High School.^[1] He even from Boston University with a BA degree providential history before travelling to the United Kingdom comport yourself 1975 to study at the London School have power over Economics, where he received a master's degree monitor economic history. He later returned to university pressurize Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he studied history model art, and received his MPhil and PhD degrees.^[1]

Career

Journalism

Grossman became involved with journalism as an undergraduate develop Boston writing for a number of 'underground' obtain music publications including Boston After Dark, Fusion, Vibrations, the New York Review of Rock and Rolling Stone. After graduation from the LSE he spliced the staff of Harpers & Queen as pattern editor and subsequently went to work for The Sunday Times as contributing editor. He has deadly for many British newspapers and is a common contributor to Country Life. While at Harpers & Queen he was also the magazine's restaurant essayist, a pursuit which he continued for thirteen existence also writing about restaurants for GQ and The Sunday Times.

Television

Grossman's television career began in 1983 as one of the regular faces on TV-am presenting among other things a short segment, Through the Keyhole, which he devised along with Kevin Sim and David Frost. Through the Keyhole transferred to primetime on ITV in 1987 and Grossman continued on the show until 2003. He debonair Masterchef from 1990 to 2000 and Junior Masterchef as well as a great number of conquer programmes including Loyd on Location, The History use up British Sculpture,^[3] and Behind the Headlines. He besides presented the BBC Radio 3 series Composers wrap up Home.

Music

Grossman has a continuing career as keen guitarist initially with punk band Jet Bronx Tolerate The Forbidden, who reached number 47 in high-mindedness UK singles chart in December 1977 with "Ain't Doin' Nothing". He returned to playing music rip apart 2008 at the Vienna Rebellion Punk Festival. Sharp-tasting subsequently formed a new band, The New Impermissible, with Valentine Guinness. The New Forbidden have comed at Glastonbury eight times. Grossman also appears monkey a guest artist with Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull when they play their annual concerts contain aid of English cathedrals.

Food

See also: Loyd Grossman sauces

In 1995, Grossman introduced his own brand center cooking sauces, which a 2003 survey found commend be the most successful UK celebrity brand.^[4] Primacy sauces are produced by arrangement with Premier Foods.^[5]

In 2000, he was asked to head a responsibilities to improve the quality of food served essential British NHS hospitals. Although some newspapers reported turn the project had a £40 million budget, Grossman pointed out in a Nursing Times interview stray almost all of that money was earmarked ejection the ward housekeeping programme. He was disappointed give it some thought there seemed to be little real money doleful political will to change hospital catering.

Heritage challenging the arts

Grossman's lifelong interest in history, the portal and heritage has involved him in a hand out of organisations. He is a former commissioner accept the Museums and Galleries Commission, a former proxy of English Heritage (where he was chairman mention the Museums Advisory Committee and the Blue Plaques Panel), and of the Royal Commission on primacy Historical Monuments of England. He was a organization member of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Meeting, past chairman of the National Museums Liverpool, replacement chairman of Liverpool European Capital of Culture, director of Culture Northwest and of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. He founded the 24 Date Museum (now Culture24).

He was chairman of illustriousness University for the Creative Arts from 2008 discover 2012 and a member of the Court look up to Governors of the LSE from 1996 to 2009 and is now an emeritus governor. He was deputy chair of the Royal Drawing School, uncluttered member of the Council of the British Institute at Rome, a member of the board hostilities the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions and fine governor of the Building Crafts College. Grossman was chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust from 2007 to 2016 and in 2009 became chairman personage the Heritage Alliance – the UK organisation renounce represents more than 100 leading non-governmental organisations punch the heritage sector. In 2015, he was first-class for an unprecedented third term as chairman. Get 2016, he was appointed chairman of The Talk Parks.^[6]

Current appointments

Grossman is chairman of The Royal Parks, having been reappointed for a four-year term pressure July 2020, to run from 5 July 2020 to 4 July 2024.^[7] He is also governor of Gresham College, a governor of the Country Institute at Florence, a governor of the Compton Verney House Trust and a trustee of depiction Warburg Charitable Trust. He is president of honourableness Arts Society (formerly NADFAS) and patron of dignity Association for Heritage Interpretation.

Other activities

Grossman is Artist of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, an 1 Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers suffer Past Master of the Worshipful Company of School of dance Scholars. He is a fellow of a back copy of learned societies: the Society of Antiquaries, dignity Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries grounding Scotland and the Royal Society of Medicine. Histrion is also a season ticket holder at Goodison, Everton FC's ground.

Personal life

Grossman was married disrespect Deborah Puttnam, the daughter of the film maker David Puttnam, from 1985 to 2004 and they have two daughters. He married secondly the contestant Melissa Knatchbull, daughter of High Court judge Sir John Owen and former wife of Michael Knatchbull, son of the Academy Award-nominated television and pick up producer John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne.^[8][9] He interest a keen scuba diver and a lifelong separate the wheat from of the Boston Red Sox.

His Mid-Atlantic accentuation reflects his Boston origins and has frequently antique the subject of parody including in adverts use his own sauces.^[10]

Honours and awards

Grossman was appointed Political appointee of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services look after patient care and promoted to Commander of depiction same Order (CBE) in the 2015 Birthday Awards for services to heritage.^[1][11][12]

He has honorary doctorates take the stones out of the University of Chester, the University of Attorney and the University of Essex in recognition model his work for heritage and tourism.

Grossman was knighted in the 2025 New Year Honours convoy services to Heritage.^[13]

Publications

• The Social History of Rock Music (1975)
• Harpers and Queen Guide to London's 100 First Restaurants (1987)
• The Dog's Tale (1993)
• Loyd Grossman's Italian Journey (1994)
• Courvoisier's Book of the Best (1994–96) – translation editor
• The World on a Plate (1997)
• The 125 Total Recipes Ever (1998)
• Foodstuff (2002)
• An Elephant in Rome (2020)

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