Nigella Lawson net worth: How much has the TV chef got in the bank?

What is more, she has sold more than 3m cookery books, and the fifth book, Feast: Food that Celebrates Life made more than £3m.

In the past, Nigella, whose father Nigel Lawson, 88, was a cabinet minister for Margaret Thatcher, has said she would not leave her money to her children.

At the time she told the Telegraph: “I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money.”

Nigella herself was born in Wandsworth, London, and her family had homes in Kensington and Chelsea.

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