Terry Wogan
Radio 2 - Broadcaster, TV Presenter, Author, Corporate Speaker, Voice-Overs, Writer

Terry Wogan recently stepped down from his daily Wake Up To Wogan show on BBC Radio 2 to which he attracted over 8 million listeners and was the most listened to breakfast presenter on radio in the UK. His brand new primetime Sunday show on Radio 2 starts in February 2010. Terry's extensive television credits include his live chat show series Wogan which he presented three times a week for seven years on BBC 1, 8 years of BBC 1’s Points of View and 2 series of Wogan: Now and Then on UKTV Gold in which he interviewed guests from his old chat show, as well as new guests. He presented The Eurovision Song Contest for 35 years and continues to present BBC Children In Need and BBC Proms in the Park every year. Most recently he has presented two series of Channel 4’s highly successful Wogan’s Perfect Recall with a third series to come later this year.

Terry’s column in The Sunday Telegraph has been voted one of the most popular in the newspaper and he has published a number of written works including two autobiographical volumes: Is It Me? (September 2000) and Mustn't Grumble (September 2006) and a diary was also published: Wogan's Twelve (October 2007). His most recent book is Where Was I?! The World According to Wogan (September 2009).

Steve Wright
Radio 2 - Broadcaster, Voice-Overs, Journalist, Writer

Ken Bruce
Radio 2 - Broadcaster, Writer, Concert Host, Corporate Speaker, Voice-Overs

Ken Bruce is a broadcaster most well known for his programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9.30am until 12noon and attracts over 6 million listeners. He has presented BBC Proms in the Park for numerous years. He is also Radio 2's regular commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest and one of the regular presenters of the long-running Friday Night is Music Night. Ken's other activities include airline inflight programmes, voice-overs, speaking engagements and hosting orchestral concerts such as Symphonic Rock at The Royal Albert Hall. He occasionally makes appearances in the Dictionary Corner on Channel 4's Countdown and in November 2007, he appeared on a Never Mind the Buzzcocks special for Children in Need. Along with Lynn Bowles, he took part in Ready, Steady, Cook, broadcast on BBC Two in March 2008. His recent book, The Tracks of My Years: The Autobiography, was published in September 2009.

Richard Corrigan
Chef, TV Presenter, Corporate, Writer

Richard Corrigan is an Irish chef. He achieved a Michelin Star in 1998 and has been awarded many other culinary accolades, including Outstanding London Chef at the London Restaurant Awards. He is Chef/Patron of Lindsay House in Soho. In 2006, Richard took charge of the well-established London fish restaurant, Bentley's. In July 2008 he opened Bentley’s Dublin and most recently he opened Corrigan’s Mayfair in November 2008.

Richard’s television credits include the TV series Full on Food for the BBC, in 2006 he was one of 4 chefs who won the BBC competition, Great British Menu, to cook for the Queen's 80th birthday and, in its second series, his fish course of Poached Salmon was selected for the Ambassador's Dinner in Paris. He will soon be appearing in its fifth series. He has also appeared in BBC 2’s Eating in The Sun. Richard has his own show on the Irish television channel RTÉ One called Corrigan Knows Food which is now in its fifth series. He also hosts corporate events.

Richard has written two books: The Richard Corrigan Cookbook: From the Waters and the Wild in 2000 and The Clatter of Forks and Spoons published in 2008 which was nominated for André Simon Memorial Award in March 2009.

Paul Heiney
Watchdog - Broadcaster, Author, Journalist, Keen Yachtsman

Paul Heiney has been a writer, radio broadcaster and television reporter for over thirty years. Paul is a well respected, versatile and experienced presenter, seen on our screens with his unique investigative journalism on BBC 1's Watchdog. Paul’s television credits also include Country Days and two series of Secret Rivers for ITV Anglia and he was a regular contributor for BBC 1’s The One Show in 2007 and he is currently filming a second series of ‘Countrywise’ for ITV. Paul has presented numerous Radio shows for BBC including On Your Farm, A Year in Harnes, The Suffolk Punch, Quote...Unquote, Still Room in the Tower, You and Yours and Blyth Valley Voices for Radio 4, as well as Lifestyle and Truth on Two for Radio 2. With over a dozen books to his credit, both fiction and non-fiction, he is a widely read author and he has written on rural, maritime and farming matters, and more recently on popular science. Paul also speaks frequently at corporate events.

Oliver Peyton
Restaurateur, TV Presenter

Oliver Peyton is an Irish restaurateur and has opened a number of famous restaurants: The Atlantic Bar and Grill off Piccadilly Circus; Mash; Isola; the Admiralty restaurant and function rooms at Somerset House; Inn the Park in St. James's Royal Park; The National Dining Rooms at The National Gallery; The Wallace Restaurant at The Wallace Collection; Peyton and Byrne; Meals on the first floor of Heals and most recently The Lawn at Fulham Palace in 2008. In March this year Peyton and Byrne added the British Library to its portfolio of customers and took over the building's restaurants and cafes, and also provides contract catering for conferences and banquets.

Oliver’s appeared RTE One’s The Restaurant and has recently completed presenting a 10 part series Eating Art in which he travels across Europe and North America on the trail of history’s most prolific food artists, investigating why and where they chose their subject matter and their relationship with food and drink. He has also recently been filming Recipe for Success for RTÉ One in which ambitious amateur cooks compete for the chance to turn their recipes into products fit for the shelves of a major Irish supermarket. Oliver has also been a judge on four series of the BBC television series Great British Menu and is currently filming the fifth series.

Mark Hix
Chef

Mark Hix is an English chef. In April 2008 Mark opened his own restaurant, Hix Oyster and Chop House, in the Farringdon area of London. He also opened Hix Oyster & Fish House in Lyme Regis, Dorset. He was previously chef director of Caprice Holdings, where he oversaw all the restaurants, menus and events in the Caprice Group, including The Ivy. He competed in the BBC television series, Great British Menu in 2007, winning the South West England heat and beating the reigning champion, Michael Caines. Mark has written number of cookbooks including Fish etc, British Seasonal Food and British Regional Food, reflecting his interest in traditional, local and sustainable produce. He also writes a regular column on food for The Independent newspaper.

Dr Jonathan Foyle
Expert in History, Architecture and Archaeology, Broadcaster, Speaker

Dr Jonathan Foyle is a Historian of Architecture, Art and Culture. Over the last decade, his television career in Britain and the US as a spokesperson on architecture has included many appearances for series such as The Lost Worlds for The History Channel (US), Time Team for Channel 4 and BBC2's People's Museum and Meet The Ancestors. In 2008 he presented FIVE's series County Secret's and more recently has joined the presenters of BBC1's The One Show. In 2009 he presented BBC 4's Patron or Plunderer? which was an assessment of the culture of Henry VIII. Jonathan has also presented on radio on numerous occasions and has written and lectured on a wide variety of subjects within his area of expertise. He is currently Chief Executive of World Monuments Fund Britain, the UK arm of a global charity which raises money and awareness to secure imperilled sites for future generations.

Michelle McManus
TV Presenter, Broadcaster, Singer, Actress

Michelle is currently the Presenter of Scottish Television’s popular weekday magazine show The Hour. Michelle took part in two You Are What You Eat documentaries in 2005 & 2006 (the first of which achieved the show’s highest ever ratings). To co-incide with the broadcasts Michelle published her best selling diary Michelle’s Diary and in 2006 presented her first DVD The Life Plan. She has hosted her own Saturday night radio show on the top rated independent station in Scotland, Radio Clyde (2006), and her own series Let’s Do The Show Right Here on BBC Radio Scotland (2007 & 2008). 2006 saw her receive rave reviews for her appearance in the Vagina Monologues at the Millennium Theatre in Derry and she appeared in the same piece for a sold out week in Edinburgh during February 2009. Other theatre successes include an Edinburgh Festival run of Discotivity. She has made a guest appearance in Still Game (BBC2) and toured the Far East in 2007 in Little Voice. Having won Pop Idol in 2003 her first single, All This Time, was number one for three weeks and rated as the second biggest selling British single of 2004. Michelle was the first Scottish female to debut at number one and the single was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. Her album The Meaning of Love released in February 2004 was also hugely successful.