{{Short description|British food writer (1945–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person |name = Kate Whiteman |image = |caption = |birth_name = Katherine Eellenbogen |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1945|2|16}} |birth_place = London, England |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2009|1|4|1945|2|16}} |death_place = |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = |education = |alma_mater = |occupation = Food writer |years_active = |title = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |boards = |spouse = Peter Whiteman |partner = |children = Victoria and Caroline |parents = Gershon Ellenbogen<br /> Eileen Alexander |relations = |website = }}
'''Katherine Whiteman''' (16 February 1945 – 4 January 2009) was a British food writer.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |title=Kate Whiteman: food writer and restaurant reviewer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/italy/kate-whiteman-food-writer-and-restaurant-reviewer-h2lc790vltk |access-date=28 February 2021 |work=The Times |date=15 January 2009}}</ref>
==Early life== She was born '''Katherine Ellenbogen''' in Hampstead, London, England, he daughter of Gershon Ellenbogen, a British barrister, author and Liberal Party politician, and his wife Eileen Alexander.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
==Career== Whiteman edited books by the chefs Michel Roux, Raymond Blanc and Pierre Koffman.<ref name="Times"/>
==Personal life== She was married to the barrister Peter Whiteman QC, and they had two daughters.
Whiteman died in a car accident in Argentina on 4 January 2009.
==Legacy== The Guild of Food Writers created the ''Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel'' in her honour. It has been awarded to Michael Booth and Yotam Ottolenghi, among others.
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