Delia Smith and reflections for these seasons. In 1988, she wrote a longer book on prayer, "A Journey into God". Smith is married to Michael Wynn-Jones. Delia Smith 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
Delia Smith was supporting the Labour Party in the forthcoming election. In 2010 she appeared in a five-episode series, "Delia through the Decades", with each episode exploring a new decade of her cooking. In March 2010, Smith and Heston Blumenthal were signed up to appear in a series of 40 commercials on British television for the supermarket chain Waitrose. In February 2013 she announced that she had retired from television cookery programmes, and would concentrate on offering her recipes online. It has been claimed that Smith's television series "Delia's How to Cook" led to a 10% rise in egg sales in Britain