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John Radford |
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Professional title
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Writer and broadcaster |
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Address |
121, Brighton Road
Worthing
West Sussex BN11 2ES |
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Telephone (day)
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01-903-602-574 |
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Telephone (evening)
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01-903-602-643 |
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Fax:
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Mobile
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07-886-247-132 |
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E-mail
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john@johnradford.com |
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Website 1
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www.johnradford.com |
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Website 2
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www.johnradford.com/blog/blogger.html |
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Biography |
Please see website |
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Main professional activities |
Local Radio (Worthing, weekly); Yes Chef! Magazine (editor); lecturer (WSET Diploma, Plumpton College); Chairman, Spanish committee, Decanter World Wine Awards.
Magazines: Decanter; Wine International; Harpers Wine and Spirit Weekly; OLN; Spain magazine; many others on an ad hoc basis.
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Memberships |
CIOJ, Circle of Wine Writers, Society of Authors, Guild of Food Writers; Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino
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Awards |
Prix de Champagne Lanson, Glenfiddich Award, Livre Gourmand (Versailles, Barcelona, Paris, London), Gastronomische Akademie Deutschland (Silver Medal)
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Most recent publications |
Cook España, Drink España! (Mitchell Beazley); The New Spain (Mitchell Beazley - new edition 2004); The Wines of Rioja (Mitchell Beazley Classic Wine Library); Eyewitness Companion Guide to the Wines Of The World 2008 (contr. - Dorling Kindersley); Tom Stevenson’s Wine Report 2009 (contr. - Dorling Kindersley) |
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Other important publications |
Oz Clarke’s Wine Guide CDROM (contr. 1994); The Larousse Encyclopaedia of Wines (contr. 1994); Oz Clarke’s Wine Guide (contr. 1994, 1995); Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion (contr. 1997); The New Spain (1998); A Century Of Wine (contr. 2000); Pocket Guide To Sweet And Fortified Wines (with Stephen Brook, 2000); The Global Encyclopaedia Of Wine (contr. 2000); Great Wine Tours Of The World (contr. 2002); Spanish Wine Education Notes (1989-2002); Tom Stevenson’s Wine Report 2004-8 (contr. 2003). |
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Areas of particular interest or expertise |
Food (mainly restaurants but some technical background), wine and travel especially in Spain, France and Portugal as well as the UK; general news features, anything to do with Sussex, technology, computers, the web, languages, motoring, anything for money, really.
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Other relevant information |
Can interview (but not write) in French and Spanish; after-dinner speaking; comedy scripts, plagiarism and large drinks.
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