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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Hugh Christopher Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall is an English celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, and campaigner on food and environmental issues. He is a food writer and an omnivore who focuses on plant-based cooking. He hosted the River Cottage series on the UK television channel Channel 4, in which audiences observe his efforts to become a self-reliant, downshifted farmer in rural England; Fearnley-Whittingstall feeds himself, his family and friends with locally produced and sourced fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, and meat. He has also become a campaigner on issues related to food production and the environment, such as fisheries management and animal welfare.