During the 1990s, Goldsmith worked in the fashion industry and, after 2000, engaged in environmental activism undertaking a variety of green initiatives starting with an organic food business that she ran in London until 2002.
Goldsmith was born at King's College Hospital in Camberwell, London, to John Bentley, a financier and entrepreneur, and Viviane Ventura, a British actress, who successfully brought a paternity suit against him.
[6] Goldsmith cooked children's food from the shop's kitchen and served customers for nearly two years, her deli's best-seller being the full English breakfast: restaurant critic A.
[citation needed] Goldsmith has contributed articles on environmental concerns, organic food and products, style and beauty, and other topics to a variety of national newspapers and publications.
Goldsmith has also contributed columns and recipes to various media organisations and brand names such as Sophie Grigson's The Fairtrade Everyday Cookbook,[10][11] Waitrose,[12] and the UKTV Food channel.
[13] Goldsmith is the editor-in-chief of A Slice of Organic Life: Get Closer to the Soil Without Going the Whole Hog, which was published by Dorling Kindersley in 2007 and became a best-seller [14] The book offers more than 90 self-contained projects to grow food organically, cook homegrown produce, and keep specific livestock, with different applications for city dwellers, suburban populations and homeowners with vast lands.
When your child is born you start to worry about a zillion other aspects too, such as toys, food and toiletries," she told Health and Organic Living magazine.
And the heating comes from a gas system, not a low carbon air-source heat pump..."[20] Goldsmith is a supporter of London-based charities: she has been a committee member of the HOPING Foundation,[21] and is also a supporter of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity,[22] for which she helped organise a fundraising fashion show with the designers Robinson Valentine, which made her wedding dress.