Began to host her own
cooking show, not a
trained chef or cook
Known for her
flirtatious manor of
presenting in a
relaxed environment
Inspirers women to be
'domestic goddesses' and
encourages men to watch by
her appearence
Purpose is to
entertain, inform and
pursade the
audience of the
delights of cooking
Throughout the text she
uses a variety of lexis
to entertain the audience
and perusade them in a
relxed environment that
cooking is easy and
chilled
Form and Structure
Follows transcript conventions
through the use of italics and the key
Block text suggests
someone is talking
Written in first person, from Nigella's
point of view, first person pronoun I,
as she connects with the audience,
we hear about her worries her hopes
and dislikes, almost making an
elaboriately staged performance as
there are so many hyperbolic
expressions 'I Love'
Uses conversational
language, such as 'OK'
and discourse markers
such as 'anyway' and
elison'gonna'
'Breakfast Bruschetta'
use of ellipses
suggests
incompletion- needs
the moving image to
go with it
Talks about various
types of breakfasts;
ones she has in her
books and series, then
describes why she has
this specific beakfast,
before moving into the
step by step guide.
Sound
patterning and
word choice
Use of alliteration re creates
the sound of food cooking
and reflects her sexy image,
'first thing frittata party'
sounds crafted
Simple phrases like 'i'm
making it because i love it'
contrast against these
mroe crafted phrases
The variety of lexis is
entertaining and she is
able to conjure images in
the viewers mind to 'sell'
her recipie
DIrect communication with
the audience throughout
with the second person
pronoun of 'you'- makes
the audience a friend
Audience is viewers of the television show,
aimed towards working parents or adults,
trying to make cooking seem fun and easy