Keith Floyd - Personal Life

Personal Life

All four of Floyd's marriages ended in divorce; he had a son (Patrick) and daughter (Poppy):

  1. Jesmond Ruttledge – son Patrick (born 12 November 1968)
  2. Julie Hatcher (married 1983) – daughter Poppy (born shortly after Christmas 1983)
  3. Shauna Mullett (married 1991 in Torbay, Devon; divorced 1994)
  4. Teresa Mary Smith (married 1995 in Wallingford district, Oxfordshire; divorced 2008).

Floyd spent many years in France. In his last few years he lived in Avignon in the Vaucluse department of south-eastern France.

Floyd was a big fan of rock group The Stranglers: the tracks "Waltzinblack", an edited version of "Peaches", and an instrumental version of "Viva Vlad" were used as theme music for most of his TV programmes. Former Stranglers guitarist and vocalist Hugh Cornwell used to play guitar at Floyd's restaurant during his student days in Bristol and the two remained friends. In his book Floyd's Cockney Cuisine, Floyd also claimed to be a huge fan of 1980s punk/indie act Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine.

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