Introduction
Katie Marie Quilton (born November 1983) is an English television presenter and journalist. She is best known for presenting a number of Channel 4 television series, including Food Unwrapped since 2012.
Career
Whilst at the University of Bristol, she undertook a student equivalent of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, she ate kebabs for one week: breakfast, lunch and dinner. The stunt was picked up by a national paper. Quilton began her career in television while a student and worked for both ITV and the BBC. She went on to work as a broadcast journalist in Somerset for the BBC, spending a lot of her time with farmers, and reporting mostly on food.
Quilton was one of Channel 4's youngest commissioning editors, a position she held from 2010 until 2014. She has run the online editorial for some of the channel's biggest shows and now manages factual multi-platform commissions including The Food Hospital and Foxes Live. She won the BAFTA for Digital Creativity and the Digital Emmy award in 2014.
She resigned as a commissioning editor in 2014 to focus full-time on Food Unwrapped. In 2014, Quilton appeared with Food Unwrapped co-presenter Jimmy Doherty in The World's Best Diet, a one-off show for Channel 4.
In 2015, she presented Superfoods: The Real Story, a four-part series for Channel 4. The show returned for a second series of six episodes in 2016. She presented The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money, alongside David Fishwick for four episodes in 2015. In January 2016, she began presenting Tricks of the Restaurant Trade alongside Simon Rimmer. The programm returned for a second series, beginning in November 2016. In 2016, she co-presented Be Your Own Doctor on Channel 4, alongside Tamal Ray. She took part in a special edition of University Challenge in December 2016, as part of the University of Bristol alumni team.
Personal life
In April 2016, Quilton ran the London Marathon for Papworth Hospital. She also married James Lance in 2016.
She grew up on the outskirts of Bury St. Edmunds with elder sisters Kerry and Stacey and older brother Mark.
Filmography
- Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012— | Food Unwrapped | Co-presenter | 9 series; with Jimmy Doherty and Matt Tebbutt |
| 2014 | The World's Best Diet | Co-presenter | One-off episode; with Jimmy Doherty |
| 2015— | Superfoods: The Real Story | Presenter | 2 series |
| 2015 | The Shopper's Guide to Saving Money | Co-presenter | 1 series; with David Fishwick |
| 2016 | Tricks of the Restaurant Trade | Co-presenter | 2 series; with Simon Rimmer |
| Be Your Own Doctor | Co-presenter | One-off episode; with Tamal Ray | |
| University Challenge | Contestant | 1 episode; part of University of Bristol team |