Patricia Llewellyn

Who is Patricia Llewellyn?

Patricia Llewellyn is a British television producer and Managing Director of the television production company, Optomen. Llewellyn is best known for her work on cookery programmes. She has a reputation as a starmaker, having built hit series around previously unknown chefs, notably Two Fat Ladies and The Naked Chef for which she won her first BAFTA. Her other credits include Heston's Feasts, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares plus food magazine series The F Word for chef Gordon Ramsay. Llewellyn has also had success finding on-screen talent outside of food: BBC2 series Mary Queen Of Shops launched the career of Mary Portas, and Two Men In A Trench launched the television career of archaeologist and historian Neil Oliver. Llewellyn also Executive Produced "The F**king Fulfords", a BAFTA nominated documentary for Channel 4. Outside of the UK, Patricia Llewellyn is Executive Producer on Kitchen Nightmares, Masterchef, Masterchef Jr and Hotel Hell for FOX Broadcasting in the USA. In her role as Managing Director of Optomen, Llewellyn has led the company through a period of rapid growth, it now has production offices in London, New York and Los Angeles and an exceptional management team.