Pioneer of cookery broadcasting Marguerite Patten dies

A pioneer of cookery broadcasting, and one of the first ever television chefs, Marguerite Patten has died at the age of 99.

During the Second World War she had a radio programme which helped educate people on how to cook with rations.

She first appeared on television after the war and wrote more than 170 books which sold all around the world.

Daniela Relph reports.

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