GRACE DENT is best known for being a famed restaurant critic and regularly features as a judge on cooking TV shows.

The star, who is also an accomplished author and broadcaster, joined the cast of ITV‘s I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here in November 2023 alongside stars like Marvin Humes, Josie Gibson and Fred Sirieix.

Who is Grace Dent?

Grace Dent was born in Carlisle, Cumbria and studied English Literature at Stirling University in Scotland.

While at university she began her journalism career by writing features for Cosmopolitan.

After graduating she worked as an editorial assistant for Vogue before going on to become a freelance journalist writing features and columns for magazines like Glamour, Marie Claire and More.

Grace wrote about television for The Guardian for 12 years between 2000 and 2012, before moving to The Independent.

From 2011 to 2017 she penned a restaurant column for The Evening Standard called Grace and Flavour and she then went on to become a restaurant critic for The Guardian.

In 2019, Grace won the Guild of Food Writers Food Writing Award.

She is host of The Guardian’s Comfort Eating podcast, where she has welcomed guests like Shirley Ballas, Nadiya Hussain and Graham Norton.

Grace was confirmed for the Ant and Dec-hosted reality TV show I’m a Celebrity in 2023.

Her appearance on the series came as a surprise to fans as she had previously called the show a “puerile venture into starvation, televised constipation and animal cruelty, abbreviated by ads for Iceland £1 curries.”

The former television writer explained her past comments after her place on the ITV favourite was confirmed, explaining they were a “joke”.

Grace reportedly signed a deal worth up to £100,000 to join fellow celebrities like Made In Chelsea‘s Sam Thompson and former EastEnders actress Danielle Harold in the Australian jungle.

The star has a boyfriend names Charles, who she will of course be separated from during time on I’m a Celebrity.

Their relationship is kept out of the spotlight but Grace has previously revealed how they got together.

During an appearance on Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time, Grace said: “With my man, Charles, I think almost every day whenever I look at him ‘How did I pull this off?’

“Because before we got together, I used to follow him on Instagram, and he followed me and there was at least 24 months where I used to just look at his photo and go ‘He’s so pretty’.

“It was very gradual because we followed each other because we knew people in common.

“I was in Liverpool working, and I was feeling really, really miserable, and then I just got I got this little message from him saying that he would like to take me for a coffee.”

What novels has Grace Dent written?

Grace Dent has written multiple novels and in 2008 was shortlisted for the Queen of Teen Prize.

She has written three book series – LBD, Diary of a Chav and Diary of a Snob – all aimed at teenage readers.

Her first non-fiction title was called How To Leave Twitter (My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop), published in 2011.

What’s she done on TV and with MasterChef?

Grace is a regular critic on MasterChef UK, MasterChef: The Professionals, and Celebrity MasterChef, and has also judged food on the BBC’s Great British Menu.

She also has a wealth of experience on a variety of other TV shows.

Outside of the kitchen, Grace has appeared on Very British Problems, Pointless Celebrities, The Apprentice: You’re Fired, Have I Got News For You, The Now Show (Radio 4), and The Review Show Film 2012.

She has also featured on The Culture Show, Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.