Michael Bukht

Michael Bukht

Mirza Michael John Bukht OBE (10 September 1941 – 4 August 2011) was a British commercial radio executive. Under the pseudonym Michael Barry, he was a chef and television personality who was a regular co-presenter on the BBC2 television show Food and Drink.

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Education and background

Barry was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and at King's College London (BA). His father was a Pakistani diplomat while his mother was from South Wales.[1]

Career

From 1973 to 1997 he was the Programme controller for Capital Radio, GWR Group Radio, Classic FM, Jamaica Broadcasting and the Principal of the National Broadcasting School. The first programme controller of Capital Radio and of Classic FM, he had also worked for Kent's Invicta FM.

He spent time during the early 80s on the Wild Coast of the now defunct Republic of Transkei, setting up the now defunct Capital Radio 604, where he moonlighted as the Capital Crafty Cook. He was regarded by those South African broadcasters who worked under his tutelage as having mentored a generation of highly professional radio presenters. Inane patter was his nemesis. His mantra: "If you've nothing to say, segway!" (see segue)

He was perhaps best known by the general public as a regular co-presenter on the BBC2 television show Food and Drink in the late '80s and '90s where he was the series' regular chef. He was sometimes known as 'The Crafty Cook' for his frequent use of the adjective 'crafty' to describe his cooking technique. He wrote several books on cooking, including Michael Barry's Food and Drink Cookbook.

He was a Fellow of The Radio Academy,[2] a practising Muslim[3] and lived in Kent.

Bukht died on 4 August 2011 after suffering for some time from ill health.[3] He is survived by his partner Jennie Jones, his son and his three daughters.[4]

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