12 Facts About Stefan Gates

Stefan Gates was born on 19 September 1967 and is a British television presenter, author, broadcaster and live-show performer.

Stefan Gates has written books about food, cooking and science.

Stefan Gates develops half of these TV series himself, including the CBBC children's food adventure series Gastronuts and Incredible Edibles.

Stefan Gates wrote and presented the BBC Two series E Numbers: An Edible Adventure, Full on Food and the BBC Four series Feasts.

Stefan Gates appears as a guest on TV and radio programmes including Newsnight, Loose Ends, BBC Breakfast, Sunday Brunch, The Wright Stuff, Iron Chef, Blue Peter, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and This Morning.

Stefan Gates is a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Kitchen Cabinet and has made two radio documentaries.

Stefan Gates was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, in the 1980s, where he took a degree in English.

Stefan Gates appears regularly on Five's The Wright Stuff and BBC Two's Something for the Weekend the Good Food Channel's Market Kitchen.

In 2010 he presented a documentary for Radio 4, Stefan Gates' Cover Story, concerning his part in the Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy photoshoot.

Stefan Gates writes articles for newspapers and magazines including New Scientist and BBC Food and has written eight books.

Stefan Gates has written 101 Dishes to Eat Before You Die, Stefan Gates on E Numbers, which is a companion to the TV series E Numbers: An Edible Adventure and The Extraordinary Cookbook.

Since 2015 Stefan Gates has operated the YouTube channel Gastronaut TV.