Christopher Simon Sykes

Christopher Simon Sykes (born 23 July 1948) is an English writer and photographer. He was born into the northern English landed gentry Sykes family of Sledmere, the third son of Sir (Mark Tatton) Richard Tatton-Sykes, 7th Baronet of Sledmere. In addition to his authoring fourteen books, his work has appeared in many magazines. He has also written and presented ''Upper Crust'', a six-part television series on country-house cookery for BBC Two. He is married, and has two children by his first wife. Provided by Wikipedia