Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones

Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE (born 7 November 1957) is a British businessman, farmer, and founder of "The Black Farmer" range of food products. He was an unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate for the Chippenham constituency for the 2010 general election.^[1]

Early life

Emmanuel-Jones was born in

terrace house.^[2]^[3]

Professional career

Television

After working in the catering industry Emmanuel-Jones enrolled on a training scheme that led to a job working for Peter Bazalgette on the BBC television series Food and Drink. He later continued to work in television, as a producer and director for 15 years and appeared in the Robert Llewellyn production Carpool on 22 January 2010.

Cameron's Black Tory, shown on Channel 4 after the General Election on 6 June 2010, filmed Emmanuel-Jones over a four-year period in his bid to become the Conservative Party MP for the nominally Liberal Democrat seat of Chippenham.^[4]

Farming

Emmanuel-Jones' television career gave him the capital to buy Higher West Kitcham Farm, on the border of Devon and Cornwall in St Giles on the Heath, Launceston, which he continues to farm. He became known to the locals who helped him initially with farming as "The Black Farmer", which inspired him to set up the brand of the same name, whose products include awarding-winning sausages, chicken, ham and sauces.

Danny Clarke, a British horticulturalist, inspired by the success of the Black Farmer, nicknamed himself the Black Gardener thus giving himself professional visibility.

Emmanuel-Jones has become involved in setting up the Black Farmer Scholarship, which aims to help and encourage

inner-city

school leavers from ethnic minorities on a scholarship on his Devon farm.

Emmanuel-Jones was appointed

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to British farming.^[5]