Olly Smith Author

Olly Smith is a multi award-winning wine writer and broadcaster. He is the resident drinks host on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen, writes his weekly wine column for the Mail on Sunday and hosts his own podcast ‘A Glass With’, which kicked off with pop star P!NK. Olly is listed in Debrett’s 500 as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK and was recently appointed the UK’s Drinks Ambassador to China.

Olly has been crowned the International Wine and Spirits Communicator of the Year and won Drinks Writer of the Year at the 2016 and 2017 Great British Food Awards. He is the Drinks Ambassador for The Ideal Home Show and appears live at his own series of Three Wine Men events. He presents his own shows on BBC Radio 2 and pours the drinks for Chris Evans’s Dine and Disco and CarFest supporting Children In Need.

With his own award-winning chain of Glass House wine bars aboard P&O cruises, author of four books and creator of a successful wine app, the only thing Olly is more enthusiastic about than fizz is sharing it.