Great British Tailor judge Bee Esme Young has been entertaining viewers in recent weeks on the hit BBC show she stars with Patrick Grant.
But when she’s not busy filming the series in Leeds, what does she do in her spare time? Learn everything we know about Esma’s life off camera.
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Where does Esme Young live?
Esme currently lives in London and has lived in social housing for 40 years. He rented his property, a one-bedroom apartment in Islington, north London, from the housing charity Peabody.
© Production Esme Young and Patrick Grant are judges of the show
Speaking of her home, the 74-year-old told The Telegraph last year: “It’s rent controlled and I’ll have an apartment for the rest of my life. I also own a beach hut on the shore. sea north of Kent that I bought for £500 years ago.”
Esma Young’s life away from the Great British Bee
When she’s not busy sharing her fashion knowledge with the contestants Great British tailor beeEsme worked as a teacher at Central Saint Martins, an art school in London, where the TV star graduated.
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Family life away from the camera for Great British Stitch Bee star Patrick GrantJudging on her Instagram page, Esme loves to use her free time to travel around the UK and has shared snaps from many great places and tourist attractions around the country, from the seaside town of Budleigh Salterton to the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens and Dumfries House in Scotland.
© @miss_esme_young/InstagramEsme shared a photo taken from her Dumfries home in Scotland
The star also dedicates a portion of her spare time to charity and participates in Vitality London’s ‘Celebrate You’ campaign in 2019, where participants walk or run 10km in the name of being active in the field of sports. body.
That same year, she joined Warehouse’s ‘I DEFINE ME’ campaign to raise money for Rosa UK, a charity that improves the lives of women and girls.
Esme has also appeared as a celebrity guest on other TV shows including Game House, Celebrity Antiquities Trip, The Weakest Link, Wheels And Who do you think You Are?.
In 2022, she published an autobiography titled Behind the Stitches: My Creative Life, Friendships and Adventures from the Star of the UK’s Sewing Beehive.
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© ProductionEsme and Patrick at The Great British Stitch Bee
Esma Young’s love life
Esme prefers to keep her love life out of the limelight so very little is known about her relationship history.
However, she has a large family and is one of five children. The fashion icon was born in Bedford to Brian Pashley Young, a career officer in the RAF, and Patricia Josephine Cole, a secretary who also served as a nurse during the Second World War.
© @miss_esme_youngEsme Young was born in Bedford
Talking about her growing up in an interview with The Telegraph, she said: “I’m the second in a family of five and most of us were educated privately. We lived in beautiful houses and I never felt deprived.”
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