|
Rachel De Thame (born Rachel Cohen on 13 October 1961 in London) is an English gardener and television presenter. ==Biography== From the age of 10, De Thame studied ballet to a professional standard at the Royal Ballet School, White Lodge, Richmond Park. De Thame contracted glandular fever at age 15, and eventually chose to give up her dream of a dancing career at age 19. She then undertook a part-time evening course in Drama at Southgate College in 1979-80 and studied History of Art at London's City Lit, after which she worked for a short period for a well-respected international firm of art dealers in London. She then married for the first time. While pregnant with her first baby, de Thame was recruited by a modelling agency and went on to enjoy a successful modelling career. A major part of Rachel's modelling included appearances in TV ads - where she met her second husband - and casting agents soon began to suggest De Thame for acting roles. By 1998, she had appeared in the mini-series ''Merlin'' and in the British feature film ''Bodywork''; credited in both productions as "Rachel Colover". However, as a long-term career, acting was not Rachel’s ideal choice so late in 1998 she enrolled at the English Gardening School, indulging an inherited passion from her father. After earning a certificate in Practical Horticulture and Plants & Plantsmanship,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Presenter biographies - S to T: Rachel de Thame )〕 she immediately auditioned for BBC2’s ''Gardeners' World.'' Initially a weekly presenter, following the birth of her second child from her second marriage she now (as of 2014) makes occasional appearances on the programme. She has also filmed her own series for the BBC, ''Small Town Gardens'' and ''Gardening with the Experts''. De Thame has co-presented the BBC's annual coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show as part of the Royal Horticultural Society output on BBC 2. Other television appearances include ''Going for a Song'' and ''Call My Bluff'', both for the BBC. In 2008 De Thame designed the 2008 LK Bennett garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The L K Bennett Garden )〕 De Thame has written two gardening books, ''Small Town Gardens'' and ''Rachel de Thame's Top 100 Star Plants'', and co-wrote ''Gardening with the Experts''. She currently writes a monthly horticultural column for ''The Sunday Times'' and has also contributed to the gardening pages of ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''Gardeners' World Magazine'', ''Woman's Own Magazine'', ''Eden Magazine''. In 2013, she presented two episodes of ''Great British Garden Revival'', and will present two more due for broadcast in early 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rachel De Thame」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|