Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright in spotlight at signing
Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright was in Rutland at the weekend signing copies of her new book.
The chef was at Northfield Farm at Cold Overton, near Oakham, on Saturday – just days after Muslims had expressed upset at comments in her book about Leicester.
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Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright
In her new book, the 65-year-old described a visit to the city "as one of the most frightening experiences of my life".
Ms Dickson Wright said she came off the ring road to escape a traffic jam and found herself lost in a part of the city she described as a "ghetto" where she felt like a "complete outcast".
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Ibrahim Mogra, assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, described her comments as hurtful.
Ms Dickson Wright, who is a friend of the owners of Northfield Farm, was signing copies of her book Clarissa's England: A Gamely Gallop through the English Counties.
The chef and author was the star attraction at the farm's Christmas fair, where stall-holders were selling goods.
Ms Dickson Wright was invited to defend her views on BBC Radio Leicester on Friday and said: "I'm not going to apologise. I'm not saying it's entirely accurate for the whole of Leicester, but I am describing an experience I went through."
Comments
by karinfall1955
Monday, November 19 2012, 7:56PM
“@roundthehorne. Quite amusing but I think the incestuous comments would sit much better with another faith group. For sister read cousin...”
by Critic56
Monday, November 19 2012, 7:07PM
“Invite her to sign books in Leicester.... I need cheering up......”
by CaptEngland71
Monday, November 19 2012, 6:08PM
“OMG!
Another LM "Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright" story! Character assassination on behalf of "King" Soulsby me-thinks?
3 stories in the past week saying the same thing is not news. Is there no City Clowncil stories to investigate this week?”
by Jagomeister
Monday, November 19 2012, 5:48PM
“Well done roundthehorne. Funniest thing I have read all day.”
by krankenhaus
Monday, November 19 2012, 2:56PM
“Funniest thing I have read on here, cheers roundthehorne!”
by nora_hs
Monday, November 19 2012, 11:22AM
“Very funny!”
by roundthehorne
Monday, November 19 2012, 9:18AM
“I had one of the most frightening experiences of my life in Rutland. I took a wrong turn and found myself in a white, upper middle class ghetto. Every building I passed was a tea-room or an antiques shop. All the women were wearing barbour jackets and green wellies, and laughing like donkeys, and all the men had to walk a few paces behind them. No-one would talk to me because I couldn't trace my family back to the Norman conquest and I hadn't married my own sister.
I'm not saying all of Rutland is like that but it happened to me and I'm not going to apologise for it.”