American actress
Suzanne Louise Pirret
is an American food writer and voiceover artist. She is the author of 'The Pleasure is All Mine: Selfish Food for Modern Life',
[1]
and has written for UK publications such as
The Observer
,
Women's Health
,
Men's Health
and London's
The Evening Standard
.
[2]
Early life and education
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Suzanne Pirret was born in Princeton, New Jersey and raised in Somers, New York. She graduated from
Syracuse University
with a BA in International Relations and from
Harvard University
's
Institute for Advanced Theater Training
at The
American Repertory Theater
.
[3]
In 2003 she received the Grand Diplome from
Le Cordon Bleu
in Paris and London.
[4]
[5]
Career
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Voiceover Artist:
Pirret's career as a voiceover artist in New York, Los Angeles and London includes hundreds of television and radio commercials, promos, documentaries, animation, and ADR. Credits include
Dove
,
American Express
,
Elizabeth Arden
,
Pond's
, Blistex
,
Mercedes-Benz
and
Priceline.com
with
William Shatner
and has worked with directors including
Nancy Meyers
and
John Frankenheimer
.
Chef:
Her first job as a professional chef was at the age of fifteen in New York. She worked in various restaurants in New York City and in 2003 as pastry chef at Fifteen,
Jamie Oliver
’s not-for-profit restaurant in London that was the subject of
Channel 4
's television documentary series
Jamie's Kitchen
.
Author:
In 2009 Pirret's book, 'The Pleasure is All Mine: Selfish Food for Modern Life' was published by
HarperCollins
to critical acclaim,
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
offering '100 decadent meals you can cook for one'.
[10]
The Wall Street Journal
called it 'a collection of excellent recipes for one' presented with 'self-deprecating humor and a keen understanding of good cooking,'
[11]
The Daily Telegraph
'more
Anthony Bourdain
than
Nigella Lawson
',
[12]
Richard Vines at Bloomberg 'fabulous cooking',
[13]
Marie Claire
, 'a wickedly funny manifesto for the hungry single girl' and
Library Journal
that 'even if you are not single and don't like to cook, this is an entertaining book.'
[14]
Bobby Flay
wrote 'I couldn't put this book down! Everyone will be begging to be a guest or even a dishwasher in Suzanne Pirret's kitchen after reading and cooking from The Pleasure Is All Mine. She's infectious!'
The Washington Post
described its recipes as 'intoxicatingly indulgent';
[15]
they were also featured in
Men's Health (magazine)
[16]
and
The Observer
which used many of the recipes in its '100 easiest, fastest recipes ever'.
[17]
Publishers Weekly
hailed the book's trailer as 'generating significant media buzz'.
[18]
Broadcasting includes
BBC Radio 4
's
Midweek
programme,
[19]
The Splendid Table
on American Public Media
[20]
and cooking demonstrations.
[21]
[22]
Personal life
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Pirret lives in London. She was in a relationship with
Heston Blumenthal
between 2011 and 2015.
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References
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"The Pleasure Is All Mine - Suzanne Pirret - E-book"
.
HarperCollins US
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"Suzanne Pirret: the hottest chef"
.
Evening Standard
. 10 April 2012
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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London, Todd (29 September 2015).
"15 After 20, Part 2: Actors Move Onto New Stages, Some of Them Theatrical"
.
AMERICAN THEATRE
. Retrieved
2015-11-19
.
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"Suzanne Pirret"
.
freshfiction.com
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"Suzanne Pirret"
.
HarperCollins US
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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Pirret, Suzanne (2009-03-02).
The Pleasure Is All Mine: Selfish Food for Modern Life
. New York, NY: Cookbooks.
ISBN
978-0061687129
.
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"
'All about taking time for yourself to appreciate food at its best.'
"
.
SCC Library Reads
. 9 January 2012
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"The pleasure is all mine: selfish food for modern life · Suzanne Pirret · Konyv"
.
Moly
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"Serious Reads: 'The Pleasure Is All Mine' by Suzanne Pirret"
.
www.seriouseats.com
. Retrieved
2015-11-19
.
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"The Recipe For Spring Must-Reads"
.
www.cbsnews.com
.
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Bakshian, Aram Jr.
"Gastronomy"
.
Wall Street Journal
.
ISSN
0099-9660
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"Xanthe Clay: 'Suzanne Pirret: Decadent Cooking for One'
"
.
Telegraph.co.uk
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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Vines, Richard (10 May 2010).
"Galvin Wins Best Restaurant; Goodman to Open in City: Food Buzz"
.
Bloomberg
. Retrieved
2015-11-19
.
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"The Pleasure is All Mine: Selfish Food for Modern Life ~ Hardback ~ Suzanne Pirret"
.
Mighty Ape NZ
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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Yonan, Joe (2009-06-03).
"Cooking for One: Dinner on Your Terms"
.
The Washington Post
.
ISSN
0190-8286
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"Give her morning glory"
.
www.menshealth.co.uk
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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Seal, Rebecca (18 July 2009).
"The 100 easiest, fastest recipes. Ever"
.
the Guardian
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"Cookbook Authors Rock Out with Book Trailers"
.
PublishersWeekly.com
. Retrieved
2015-11-20
.
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"BBC - Radio 4 - Midweek"
.
www.bbc.co.uk
. Retrieved
2015-11-18
.
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"Error | the Splendid Table"
.
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"Cooking (and Drinking) for One: Suzanne Pirret at Northeastern University | WineTasteTV"
.
www.winetastetv.com
. Retrieved
2015-11-20
.
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"www.tastydays.com"
.
www.tastydays.com
. Retrieved
2015-11-20
.
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"Suzanne Pirret, Heston Blumenthal ? London ≪ Restaurant-Dining Critiques"
.
www.restaurantdiningcritiques.com
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"Heston Blumenthal Split With Wife, Dating Suzanne Pirret"
.
International Business Times
. 13 August 2011
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.
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"The New Establishment - Discover Society's Brave New World including David and Samantha Cameron, Kate Moss, Matthew Freud and Boris Johnson | Town & Country Magazine UK"
.
www.townandcountrymag.co.uk
. Retrieved
2015-11-17
.