William Ronald Sacheverell Sitwell was born on 2 October 1969 and is a member of the British Sitwell family.
12 Facts About William Sitwell
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William Sitwell is an editor, writer and broadcaster, restaurant critic for The Daily Telegraph and former editor of Waitrose Food.
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William Sitwell is the great-nephew of writer Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet and of poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell.
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William Sitwell is the heir presumptive to the Sitwell baronetcy currently held by his elder brother Sir George Sitwell, 8th Baronet.
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William Sitwell was educated at Eton College and the University of Kent, where he 'wrote a stupid kind of gossip column in the student newspaper.
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William Sitwell is a regular on the television series MasterChef UK as a quarter final judge.
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William Sitwell has written several internationally successful books on food: Eggs or Anarchy: The Remarkable Story of the Man Tasked with the Impossible: to Feed a Nation at War, A History of Food in 100 Recipes, The Really Quite Good British Cookbook, and The Restaurant: A 2,000-Year History of Dining Out.
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In 2018 freelance journalist Selene Nelson emailed William Sitwell, suggesting features on vegan-friendly recipes.
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William Sitwell has since joined The Daily Telegraph as a restaurant critic, and hosts a dining programme with the paper called William Sitwell's Supper Club.
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In March 2024, William Sitwell described himself as "a long-term Conservative supporter".
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William Sitwell was married firstly to Laura McCorquodale on 4 September 2000.
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William Sitwell is godfather to Mary, daughter of former Conservative MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg.