Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright was in Rutland at the weekend signing copies of her new book.
The chef was at Northfield Farm at Cold Overton, near Oakham, on Saturday – just days after Muslims had expressed upset at comments in her book about Leicester.
In her new book, the 65-year-old described a visit to the city "as one of the most frightening experiences of my life".
Ms Dickson Wright said she came off the ring road to escape a traffic jam and found herself lost in a part of the city she described as a "ghetto" where she felt like a "complete outcast".
Ibrahim Mogra, assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, described her comments as hurtful.
Ms Dickson Wright, who is a friend of the owners of Northfield Farm, was signing copies of her book Clarissa's England: A Gamely Gallop through the English Counties.
The chef and author was the star attraction at the farm's Christmas fair, where stall-holders were selling goods.
Ms Dickson Wright was invited to defend her views on BBC Radio Leicester on Friday and said: "I'm not going to apologise. I'm not saying it's entirely accurate for the whole of Leicester, but I am describing an experience I went through."
