My CV
Background
Gok initially pursued performing arts and began attending a course at the Charles Keene College of Further Education and then studied at London’s prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama. There he found himself drawn to hair and make-up over drama, prompting his entrée into the fashion industry and gaining him early work as a hair and make-up artist on titles such as The Sunday Times Style. Finding himself dissatisfied with beauty alone, Gok decided to pursue his love of clothes as a fashion stylist… and the rest, as they say, is history!
On TV
Since Gok’s arrival in the spotlight in 2006, he has presented numerous highly acclaimed, top rated TV shows for Channel 4 including:
- ‘Wan is the inspiration presenter who lavishes warmth, advice and hugs on a nation with body confidence issues; everybody needs a Gok.’ Lucy Jones, The Telegraph
- ‘I think he’s totally genuine, he really cares. And, more importantly, it seems to work.’ Sam Wollaston, The Guardian (G2)
- Currently showing in over 50 countries worldwide with exposure to an estimated 500 million homes.
Gok features regularly on The One Show, Loose Women and Lorraine and has appeared on:
Jonathan Ross, 100 Greatest Gadgets, T4 on the Beach, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Celebrity Juice, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Live, Chatty Man, Alan Carr’s Celebrity Ding Dong, Chris Moyles Quiz Night, Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live, Gordon Ramsay F-Word, Friday Night Project, Something For The Weekend, CNN International and Channel 4 Book Club.
Live events
Gok has presented numerous live events including How To Look Good Naked Live, West End Bares,Prima High Street Fashion Awards, The Women In TV and Film Awards, Glam in the City (Glasgow) and The Pure Beauty Awards and has also been a guest presenter at The Brits and The Comedy Awards. Having also hosted his own live show in Poland he has gone on to front three of his own Style Tour’s for Westfield visiting shopping mall’s across Australia showing the Ozzies all they need to know about fashion.
And still without doubt a career highlight for Gok was when he got to meet SJP and the girls when he presented live from the red carpet for both of the Sex and the City movie premieres.
Writing
Gok has just completed writing his autobiography that is due for publication in October 2010 (Through Thick and Thin published by Ebury). He has also written three successful style books:
Gok writes a weekly column for Reveal Magazine, and has also written for Sky Mag, Look Magazine and First Magazine.
Fashion consulting
In addition to his editorial work, Gok has also worked as an “on-screen” fashion consultant on many television shows including: MTV Shakedown (MTV Europe), GMTV (ITV), LK Today (ITV), Big Brother’s Little Brother (Channel 4), Battle of the Sexes (BBC1), The Wright Stuff (Five), Make Me a Grown Up (Channel 4/T4), The Xtra Factor (ITV2) and T4 (Channel 4).
Charity work
Gok fronts the Vodafone Foundations initiative World of Difference, he is an ambassador for Kidscape and is actively engaged with fundraising and awareness for Stonewall, Starlight, MyNewHair, Comic Relief, Breast Cancer Care, Children in Need and Cancer Research UK amongst many other amazing charities.
