Kate Garraway Biography
Kate Garraway is a British media personality serving as a television and radio presenter, journalist, and author. She is best known for her work on Good Morning Britain as a presenter. She is also hosting ‘Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway’ on Smooth Radio from 10 am to 1 pm. In addition, she has also appeared on several other TV shows, including Daybreak and Lorraine.
Kate Garraway Age
Garraway is 56 years old. She was born on May 4, 1967, in Abingdon, United Kingdom.
Kate Garraway Height
She stands at a height of 1.6 m (5 feet 3 inches).
Kate Garraway Nationality
She is British by nationality.
Kate Garraway Education
Garraway attended Dunmore Primary School and Fitzharrys School in Abingdon. She also graduated from Bath College of Higher Education (now Bath Spa University) with a degree in English and History.
Kate Garraway Parents
Kate is the daughter of Gordon and Marilyn Garraway. Her father was a civil servant and her mother was a teacher.
Kate Garraway Husband
Kate was previously married to Derek Draper, a political aide to former Labour cabinet minister Peter Mandelson, with whom she tied the knot in September 2005 in Camden, London. Before this, she was married for four years to Ian Rumsey, her former boss at ITV Meridian, from 1998 to 2002.
It was De Piero who played matchmaker for Kate and Derek, although it took some convincing. Initially, Derek was hesitant, stating that he didn’t want to go out with a high-maintenance TV bimbo, but De Piero assured him that Kate was not like that. Derek soon realized that Kate was fiercely intelligent.
The couple was introduced over drinks at the London hotel Claridge’s, but the early signs were not auspicious. She initially ignored Derek and although he asked her out on a date, he then canceled it to serve wine at an amateur watercolor painting exhibition at his church. Kate later recalled that she thought it was a wind-up, but showed up anyway and found Derek serving wine to the congregation in a salmon-pink jumper.
Kate Garraway’s Husband’s Death
Garraway’s husband Derek Draper passed on in January 2024. The TV presenter announced on Friday 5 January 2024, that the 56-year-old had died after living with extreme complications from Covid. She has also thanked the public for their support as she deals with the “raw pain of grief” following the death of her husband.
Derek was diagnosed with COVID-19 in March 2020 and had an unusually serious case of long-term COVID-19. As of March 2021, he remained hospitalized in critical condition. Garraway stated that he “may never recover” and could have “no quality of life” due to the numerous medical complications. Derek returned home on a trial basis in April 2021, but unfortunately, Garraway announced his death in January 2024.
Kate Garraway Kids
Kate and her late husband Derek Draper lived in North London and had two children, Darcey and William. Their daughter Darcey was born six months after their wedding, followed by William. Although Kate loves being a mother, she admits that her one regret is that she was 38 when she had Darcey, which meant that she couldn’t have as many children as she would have liked.
“I wish I had children younger in some ways… I would have had loads more,” she once said.
Kate Garraway ITV
Garraway is an English television and radio presenter, journalist, and author. She is best known for her work on Good Morning Britain, Sky News, and Smooth Radio. She has also appeared on several other TV shows, including Daybreak and Lorraine. Garraway joined the South edition of ITV News Central on ITV Central as a production journalist, reporter, and news presenter in 1989. In 1996, she became co-presenter of the South East edition of ITV News Meridian on ITV Meridian after she was “talent spotted” by a boss who viewed her presenting a three-minute bulletin on ITV Central.
In 1998, Garraway joined Sunrise on Sky News with Martin Stanford.
Garraway joined GMTV in September 2000, co-presenting GMTV Today with Andrew Castle each Friday (and Thursdays later on). Eventually, Garraway went on to share presenting duties with Fiona Phillips and Emma Crosby.
In 2009, when GMTV relaunched, she co-hosted the program with Ben Shephard, presenting on Mondays, Tuesdays, and alternate Wednesdays. During Garraway’s time at GMTV, she had also co-presented with Eamonn Holmes, John Stapleton, and Dan Lobb. She presented her final show on 31 August 2010.
Garraway presented one series of Too Many Cooks in 2004. In 2007, she was a questioner on The People’s Quiz. In 2009, Garraway presented The Biggest Loser for ITV. She was later replaced by Davina McCall and was also a regular panelist on Wall of Fame, hosted by David Walliams.
Garraway became the entertainment editor of Daybreak on ITV Breakfast (the successor to GMTV) in September 2010. On 6 December 2011, she took over from Christine Bleakley as the main presenter on an interim basis. On 4 May 2012, it was announced Lorraine Kelly would become the permanent replacement for Bleakley in September 2012. A few months later on 3 August 2012, it was reported that Garraway had signed a new contract to present each Friday in Kelly’s absence. On 15 February 2014, it was announced Kelly would additionally front the Friday edition of Lorraine.
On 3 March 2014, it was reported that Daybreak would be canceled and replaced with Good Morning Britain. However, with these changes came the news that Lorraine Kelly would be presenting Lorraine five days a week, meaning that Garraway no longer continued to present Kelly’s show on Fridays. She hosted her final Daybreak and Lorraine shows on 25 April 2014 ahead of joining Good Morning Britain the following month. Since joining Good Morning Britain, Garraway’s appearances on Lorraine have become less frequent. Garraway once again became an interim main presenter on ITV Breakfast when Ben Shepherd cut his appearances each week to just two; which meant Garraway hosted four times a week until Piers Morgan joined the show later that year.
From March 2014 until November 2016, Garraway occasionally presented The National Lottery Draws on BBC One. In September 2017, she made a cameo appearance in Hollyoaks. In November 2019, Garraway came fourth in the nineteenth series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
Kate Garraway Smooth Radio
Garraway started her broadcasting career with BBC Radio Oxford in the 1990s. She later became a trainee journalist for Independent Television News in 1994. In August 2012, she co-hosted two episodes of ‘Weekend Breakfast’ with Colin Paterson. She also presented ‘Weekend Breakfast’ with Colin Patterson again in September of the same year. In October 2013, she filled in for Andrew Castle on a show on LBC Radio. Since March 2014, Garraway has been hosting ‘Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway’ on Smooth Radio from 10 am to 1 pm.
Kate Garraway Salary
Due to her popularity among viewers and many years with ITV, Kate has secured herself an enviable salary of £544,000 annually.
Kate Garraway Net Worth
Garraway has an estimated net worth of £1.5million according to multiple sources online.
