In 2001, the year he retired from The Food Programme, he won a Sony Radio Academy Special Award[5] for "his pioneering work as one of the first journalists to take the subject of food seriously".[6]
He was diagnosed as suffering from Parkinson's disease in 1995. His wife of 57 years, Janet, died in 2010. They had two children: a daughter and a son.[1]
Legacyedit
The Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting is given out by the Guild of Food Writers.[7]
Referencesedit
^ abJaine, Tom; Vaughan, Paul (20 April 2014). "Derek Cooper obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^His publications included The Bad Food Guide, The Beverage Report, 1970; Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland, 1978; Wine With Food, 1982; The World Of Cooking, 1985; The Little Book of Malt Whiskies, 1992; and Snail Eggs and Samphire, 2000 > British Library website accessed 14:11 GMT 15 March 2011.
derek, cooper, journalist, derek, macdonald, cooper, 1925, april, 2014, british, journalist, broadcaster, wrote, about, food, wine, whisky, derek, cooperbornderek, macdonald, cooper, 1925, 1925londondied19, april, 2014, 2014, aged, nationalitybritishoccupation. Derek Macdonald Cooper OBE 25 May 1925 19 April 2014 1 was a British journalist and broadcaster who wrote about food wine and whisky 2 Derek CooperBornDerek Macdonald Cooper 1925 05 25 25 May 1925LondonDied19 April 2014 2014 04 19 aged 88 NationalityBritishOccupation s journalist author broadcasterKnown forfood journalism broadcasting He was educated at Raynes Park County Grammar School Portree High School and Wadham College Oxford where he read English After World War II service with the Royal Navy he was with Radio Malaya until 1960 After that he wrote for among others The Listener The Observer Homes amp Gardens and Saga Magazine He was a founder member first Chairman and first President of the Guild of Food Writers He was appointed OBE in 1997 3 and in 1999 he was awarded an Hon D Litt by Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh He conceived the idea of BBC Radio 4 s weekly culinary programme The Food Programme 4 which was first broadcast in 1979 Cooper presented PM on Radio 4 and his voice over work included items on Tomorrow s World and early editions of World in Action In 2001 the year he retired from The Food Programme he won a Sony Radio Academy Special Award 5 for his pioneering work as one of the first journalists to take the subject of food seriously 6 He was diagnosed as suffering from Parkinson s disease in 1995 His wife of 57 years Janet died in 2010 They had two children a daughter and a son 1 Legacy editThe Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting is given out by the Guild of Food Writers 7 References edit a b Jaine Tom Vaughan Paul 20 April 2014 Derek Cooper obituary The Guardian Retrieved 20 April 2014 His publications included The Bad Food Guide The Beverage Report 1970 Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland 1978 Wine With Food 1982 The World Of Cooking 1985 The Little Book of Malt Whiskies 1992 and Snail Eggs and Samphire 2000 gt British Library website accessed 14 11 GMT 15 March 2011 London Gazette The Food Programme Website BBC Sony Awards 2001 The winners BBC Sony Radio Academy Awards 2001 Archived 25 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Radio now Awards Guild of Food Writers External links editDerek Cooper at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Derek Cooper journalist amp oldid 1217873987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
