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Delia Smith's Husband: The Unsung Hero of Norwich City
7 Oct
Summary
- Michael Wynn Jones, Delia Smith's husband, also saved Norwich City.
- He was instrumental in Delia Smith's successful cookery writing career.
- The couple invested significantly in the football club's finances.
Michael Wynn Jones, a businessman and journalist, passed away at 85. He is perhaps best known as the husband and quiet partner behind the immense success of cookery writer Delia Smith, a collaboration spanning over five decades.
Wynn Jones played a crucial role in Smith's career, typing her handwritten recipes and articles, and testing her dishes. He was also a devoted supporter of Norwich City football club, a passion he shared with his father. He and Smith became majority shareholders in 1998.
The couple's support for Norwich City was not merely commercial; they provided substantial loans to ease the club's precarious financial situation. This included an £8m bailout in 1996 and a further £2m loan over a decade later. They stepped down as directors in 2024. Wynn Jones also had a career as a journalist and author, working for publications like Nova magazine and the Spectator. He authored several books on history and journalism throughout the 1970s.
