Delia Ann Smith (born 18 June 1941) is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style.
One of the best known celebrity chefs in British popular culture, Smith has influenced viewers to become more culinarily adventurous.
She is also famous for her role as joint majority shareholder at Norwich City F.C.
Her partner in the shareholding is her husband, Michael Wynn-Jones.
In 2012 Smith was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of the last six decades.