Kate Bottley

Kate Bottley is an English journalist, presenter, and Church of England vicar.

Early life and education Kate Stevenson was born in 1975, at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, England and grew up in Freedom Road in the Walkley district of the city. She was educated at Walkley Primary School, Myers Grove School, where she was head girl and at Tapton School (sixth form), both state schools in Sheffield.

Bottley studied secondary religious education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) from 1993 to 1997 at Leeds Trinity & All Saints and then trained to be a religious education teacher in secondary schools. From 1997 to 2000 she worked as an RE teacher at Ecclesfield Secondary School. From 2000 to 2005 she was head of religious education at Yewlands Technology College in Grenoside in Sheffield.

She trained for ordination by being a vicar's personal assistant at St Mark's Church, Grenoside and then studying at St John's College, Nottingham. She served her curacy at St Andrew's Church, Skegby in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham between 2008 and 2011. On 16 May 2021 she became an Honorary Canon of Southwell Minster. Honorary Canons are local clergy who have given distinguished service to the church, and who are invited to play a part in the life of the Minster as the Cathedral of the diocese.

Media career

Reality television Bottley has appeared on Channel 4's Gogglebox with her family, as well as Celebrity Mastermind and Celebrity MasterChef. Bottley appeared on Gogglebox from 2014 to 2016, over five series.

Newspapers Bottley has written for The Guardian, The Independent, The Times Educational Supplement and Radio Times, on topics of religious faith, television and education. visiting people across the UK who lead spiritually and emotionally fulfilled lives. Bottley has appeared as a Canon on BBC One's Songs of Praise.

Gameshows Bottley has appeared on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats quiz show as a panellist In February 2021, Bottley appeared on S14 E05 of Would I Lie To You?. She has appeared on Celebrity Mastermind and Blankety Blank.

Other appearances In November 2021 Bottley was featured in the BBC series Winter Walks, walking in the Yorkshire Dales of Wensleydale and Coverdale, from Jervaulx Abbey to Middleham Castle.

Personal life She married Graham Bottley in May 1998 in Sheffield. Together they have two children: one son and one daughter.

A former rugby player, Bottley is a regular open-water swimmer.