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Ruth Watson

Ruth Watson is a hotelier, broadcaster and food writer. Ruth has been food editor of the Daily Mail Weekend magazine and has written three books: the Really Helpful Cookbook published in October 2000, the slimming book Fat Girl Slim, while her cook book Something for the Weekend is in its third edition.

In 1983, Watson and her husband David bought Hintlesham Hall in Suffolk as a restaurant and cookery school which over six years they turned into a 33 room hotel, with an 18 hole golf course. In 1990 they bought the Fox and Goose Inn at Fressingfield, launching it as one of Britain's first ever gastropubs. In 1999, Watson and her husband bought the Crown and Castle hotel in Orford, which they have fully restored and run as a modern country house hotel.

In 2005, Ruth became the star of the Channel 5 television series The Hotel Inspector. In each episode of this observational documentary series, Watson would visit a struggling British hotel and try to turn their fortunes by giving advice and suggestions to the owner. She then went on to present the hugely successful Country House Rescue, Channel 4 which ran for three series.

Ruth is regularly asked to speak at corporate events and private functions. She tailors these talks to her vast experience of the restaurant and hospitality sectors and also incorporates her knowledge of businesses and how to optimise their potential.

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