Loyd Grossman, Esq, OBE, FSA's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Loyd Daniel Gilman
- Sex
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Male
- Decorations
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OBE (2003)
- Date of Birth
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16/9/1950
- Surname
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GROSSMAN
- Style
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Loyd Grossman, Esq, OBE, FSA
- Recreations
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fishing, scuba diving (PADI Divemaster), looking at buildings, tennis, chess, the Boston Red Sox, playing Gibson guitars
Loyd Grossman, Esq, OBE, FSA's Professional Career
- Career
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Harpers & Queen: design ed 1981-84, restaurant critic 1981-89 and 1991-93; contrib ed Sunday Times 1984-86; deviser/writer/presenter: Through the Keyhole (formerly ITV, now BBC) 1983-2003, Behind the Headlines (BBC) 1989-92, Master Chef (BBC) 1990-2000, The Dog's Tale (BBC) 1993, Junior Masterchef (BBC) 1994-99, Off Your Trolley (BBC) 1995, Conspicuous Consumption 1996, The World on a Plate (BBC) 1997, Loyd on Location 1999-2001, History of British Sculpture (five) 2003; memb: Bd mda (formerly Museum Document Assoc) 1998-2001, MLA (formerly Museums, Libraries and Archives Cncl then Resource: Cncl for Museums, Archives and Libraries) 1999-2007 (chm Designation Challenge Fund 2001-03), Bd Culture Northwest: Cultural Consortium for NW England 2002-09 (chm 2004-09); cmmr: Museums and Galleries Cmmn 1996-2000, Royal Cmmn on Historical Monuments of England 1999-2003; English Heritage: chm Museums and Collections Advsy Ctee 1997-2001, cmmr 1997-2003, memb Museum and Archives Panel 2001-03, chm Nat Blue Plaques Panel 2003-06; chm: Campaign for Museums 1995-2009, Museums and Galleries Month 2000 (co-chm 2001-08), The 24 Hour Museum 2000-05, Public Monuments and Sculpture Assoc 2001-07, Churches Conservation Tst 2007-, Nat Museums Liverpool 2005-08, Heritage Alliance 2009-; dep chair Liverpool Culture Co 2005-07, vice-chm NW Regnl Cultural Consortium 2002-03; pres British Assoc of Friends of Museums 2005-, vice-pres Merseyside Civic Soc 2007-08; tstee: Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester 1999-2002, St Deiniol's Library 2003-08 (fell 2008); chm: Conservation Awards 1998-2003, Univ for the Creative Arts 2008-; chm of judges Gulbenkian Prize for Museums 2004; patron: Assoc for Heritage Interpretation, Shark Tst; vice-pres Sick Children's Tst, chm Better Hosp Food Panel NHS 2001-06, hon life memb The Dog's Tst; emeritus govr LSE 2009- (memb Ct of Govrs 1996-2009, memb Cncl 2003-08); memb Ct of Assts Co of Art Scholars, Dealers and Collectors 2010-, Hon Liveryman Worshipful Co of Glaziers 2011-, Freeman City of London 2011, Freeman Worshipful Co of Carpenters 2012-; Hon DLitt Univ of Chester 2007, Hon DArts Univ of Lincoln 2011; FRSA, FSA, FSA Scot, FRSM
Loyd Grossman, Esq, OBE, FSA's Publications
- Books and Publications
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The Social History of Rock Music (1975), Harpers & Queen Guide to London's 100 Best Restaurants (1987), The Dog's Tale (1993), Loyd Grossman's Italian Journey (1994), Courvoisier's Book of the Best (ed, 1994-96), The World on a Plate (1997), The 125 Best Recipes Ever (1998), Foodstuff (2002); articles on architecture, design and food in newspapers and magazines; Albums Ain't Doin' Nothin' (with The New Forbidden, 2010)
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