Who is Grace Dent? Meet the MasterChef star and legendary food critic set to appear on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

Grace Dent, the successful writer and presenter, will find herself in the jungle this year along with a star-studded cast.

The legendary food critic will be featured I’m a celebrity Get me out of here with people like Jamie Lynn Spears, Nella Rose, And Made in Chelsea star, Sam Thompson.

Grace was scheduled to join her campmates in the Australian jungle on Sunday, November 19.

But who is Grace Dent and what does she do? MailOnline has everything you need to know…

Who is Grace Dent? Meet the MasterChef star and legendary food critic who will appear on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

Completed: The food critic has had an impressive career, working for a host of titles including Vogue, The Independent, Cosmopolitan and more

Who is Grace Dent?

The author was born in Carlisle and went on to study at Stirling University, earning herself a degree in English Literature.

While in college, Dent began her journalism career writing feature films for Cosmopolitan The sun.

After leaving full-time education, she had quite an illustrious writing career, working as an editorial assistant for Vogue and then as a freelance journalist for various magazines such as Marie Claire, Glamor and more.

She also wrote about all things TV for 12 years, from 2000 to 2012, before finding her way to The Independent.

For six years she wrote a restaurant column called ‘Grace and Flavour’, for The Evening Standard.

The food critic is currently employed by The Guardian.

You won’t always find this foodie in the kitchen! Grace has appeared on a range of TV shows including MasterChef, The Apprentice: You’re Fired, Celebrity Pointless and more

What has she done besides writing?

Grace often appears on various TV shows criticizing people’s boards – you may have seen them on MasterChef: The Professionals, Celebrity MasterChef, MasterChef UK.

She was also a judge on a BBC program called Great British Menu.

But you won’t just find Grace in the kitchen, she has also appeared on a range of shows including The Apprentice: You’re Fired, The Now Show on Radio 4, Have I Got News For You, Very British Problems.

The food critic has also appeared in Pointless Celebrities, The Review Show Film 2012, Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, The Culture Show and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.

Foodie Grace has also written numerous novels over the years and was even shortlisted for the Queen of Teen award in 2008.

Her book series for teens include Diary of a Snob, Diary of a Chav, and LBD.

She published her first non-fiction novel called How To Leave Twitter (My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop) in 2011.

Novelist: The columnist has also written her own novels and was even shortlisted for the Queen of Teen award in 2008

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