Her mother`s family started the Lyons chain of cafés and manufacturers of tea and coffee.

When she appeared on Richard & Judy in October 2004, her fellow guest on the show, magician Geoffrey Durham, sawed her in half in a version of the trick called the "Bow Saw", where he placed a thin frame over her waist and then used a large handsaw to cut her in two.

Was revealed that she declined an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) honor for "her services to journalism and to cookery" in 2001. [December 2003]

Voted the 90th worst Briton in Channel Four`s poll of the 100 Worst Britons. [11 May 2003]

Had her ears pierced when she was 18, but then stopped wearing earrings and let the holes in her ears close up again when she was in her twenties. Had them pierced again in 2007 when her daughter Cosima had her`s pierced.

Her brother, Dominic Lawson, is married to Rosa Monckton, only daughter of the Viscount and Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley, and a good friend of the late Princess Diana.

According to UKTVFood, Nigella Lawson is worth in excess of £1.7million.