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Patricia Llewellyn

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As the managing director of Optomen, Llewellyn led the company through a period of rapid growth. When Llewellyn joined Optomen, its gross annual revenue was under £10m, but by 2014, according to the Broadcast Annual Survey, it ranked seventh among independent production companies in the UK with
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bestowed upon Llewellyn the Independent Spirit Award for her "progressive and confident approach to food and drink broadcasting". She acquired a reputation as a starmaker, having built hit series around previously unknown chefs, such as
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Llewellyn was born in Carmarthen, West Wales, and became best known for her work on cookery programmes. In 2002, the annual
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Llewellyn also acted as co-producer of several American cookery and reality television programmes, such as
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annual revenue of over £57m. Optomen now has production offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.
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Llewellyn had success finding on-screen talent outside the culinary world: the BBC2 series
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Her death from metastatic breast cancer was announced on 24 October 2017.
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producer and managing director of the television production company,
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to television audiences. Llewellyn was also executive producer for
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Carmarthen
Wales
UK
television
Optomen
All3Media
Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards
Two Fat Ladies
Jennifer Paterson
Clarissa Dickson Wright
The Naked Chef
Jamie Oliver
Heston's Feasts
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
The F Word
Gordon Ramsay
Kitchen Nightmares
Masterchef
Hotel Hell
Masterchef Jr
Mary Queen of Shops
television presenter
Mary Portas
Neil Oliver
The F***ing Fulfords
"Patricia Llewellyn, pioneering producer behind The Naked Chef and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares – obituary"
"Interview with Patricia Llewellyn"
"Optomen's Patricia Llewellyn passes away aged 55 – TBI Vision"
"Patricia Llewellyn Dies: Gordon Ramsay Producer & Former Optomen Boss Was 55"
Deadline Hollywood

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