The show was broadcast around the world, but came to an end during its fourth series following the death of colleague Jennifer Paterson in 1999.Ĭlarissa then went to live in the coach house of plush Manor House close to her family in Inveresk, East Lothian, and starred in several more TV programmes and documentaries. 'She hardly had enemies and if she did, they made it up in a moment or two.'Ĭlarissa went on to become a cook and worked at the Books for Cooks shop in Notting Hill, London, before managing the Cooks Books shop in Edinburgh, where she found TV fame.įrom 1994, she starred in the successful Two Fat Ladies series, where she cooked feasts while touring the country in a motorbike's sidecar. 'Every year on that date she rang me up to say thank you from anywhere in the world. I remember taking her into the drying-out place and on 10 April it would have been 27 years. 'Her sobriety was an absolutely fantastic achievement. 'She was very, very clever and intelligent and funny - just a wonderful human being. Marah Dickson Wright, the chef's sister-in law, said: 'I think she will be remembered with great humour. She was an active campaigner for the Countryside Alliance on rural issuesīut, after the death of her parents, Miss Dickson Wright fell victim to depression and alcohol addiction, which put an end to her legal career.
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