Philip Harben

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Philip Harbens grave in Highgate Cemetery

Philip Hubert Kendal Jerrold Harben (born October 17, 1906 in Fulham ; † April 27, 1970 ) was a British chef and one of the first TV chefs.

Life

Harben was born in Fulham in 1906 and attended Highgate School. His mother was the stage actress Mary Jerrold . His father Hubert Harben was a stage actor. His sister was Joan Harben . She has spoken on several BBC radio productions.

His first job was as a commercial photographer, after which he took over the kitchen at Isobar in Hampstead . In 1940 he enlisted in the Royal Air Force , where an eye injury prevented his pilot career. Instead he was used in the army catering . From 1946 to 1951 he had a cooking program on BBC Radio and from 1946 he was on BBC TV programs. In addition, Harben published several cookbooks from 1945.

In the 1950s he had a regular column in British Woman's Own magazine. In 1958 he helped found the kitchen appliance manufacturer Harbenware .

He died in 1970 and was buried in Highgate Cemetery .

broadcasts

  • 1946-1951 Cookery
  • 1951–? Cookery Lesson
  • 1956–? What's Cooking

Film appearances

  • 1956: Pantomania, or Dick Whittington
  • 1949: Dick Whittington

Publications

  • The Way to Cook . John Lane, The Bodley Head, London 1945.
  • Cooking Quickly . John Lane, The Bodley Head, London 1946.
  • with Katharine Harben: Entertaining at Home . Bodley Head, London 1951.
  • Television Cooking Book . Oldhams Press, London 1951.
  • The Pocket Book of Modern Cooking . News of the World, 1951.
  • The Young Cook : Peter Nevill, London 1952.
  • Katharine Harben (ed.): Cooking with Harben . Herbert Jenkins, London 1953.
  • Traditional Dishes of Britain . Bodley Head, London 1953.
  • Philip Harben's Cookery Encyclopedia . Odhams, London 1955.
  • The teen-age cook . Arco, London 1957.
  • Best Dishes from Europe . Arco, London 1958.
  • Best Quick Supper Dishes . Arco, London 1958.
  • Best Party Dishes 1958.
  • Cooking , Penguin, 1960.
  • Philip Harben's Book of the Frying Pan , Bodley Head, London 1960.
  • Imperial Frying with Philip Harben . Bodley Head, London 1961.
  • The Grammar of Cookery . Penguin, London 1965.
  • The Way I Cook . Frewin, London 1965.
  • The Tools of Cookery . Hodder Paperbacks, London 1968, ISBN 0-340-04410-1 .
  • Cooking Quickly . Clifton Books, Brighton 1969, ISBN 0-901255-01-7 .
  • Philip Harben's Count Down Cookery . Dent, London 1971, ISBN 0-460-03965-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caroline Brandenburger: TV's first masterchef. In: telegraph.co.uk. August 24, 2000, accessed February 2, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Harben, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harben, Philip Hubert Kendal Jerrold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION british cook
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulham
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1970