Hello, thank you for visiting my site.
I’m far better at cooking than technical website stuff
– but lots more will be coming soon, I promise. For now
here’s a little bit about me…
My whole ethos is to inspire and help
people to simply cook more, with well-explained and thoroughly
tested recipes that look as good as they taste.
I grew up near Birmingham, England and
first learned to cook good family food by my Mum’s side,
pretending I was Delia Smith.
Fast-forward to 2003 and, following
University and a few years in the wrong job, I enrolled at
Leith’s School of Food and Wine to learn how the pros do
it. Following my Diploma, I won the prestigious placement at BBC Good Food and
went on to spend six happy years on the magazine team, writing
recipes, editing for top chefs and cookery writers and food
styling for photography.
In 2009 I teamed up with Phaidon Press to
create my first big book, What to Cook and How to Cook it. And now I’m
thrilled to say that a follow-up, What to Cook and How to Cook it: Fresh &
Easy has
just hit the shelves.
Happily, when not writing books I’m
also a regular contributor to top food magazines here in the
UK, including BBC Good Food, Waitrose Kitchen, Olive and Fabulous Food.
I live with my partner (and top recipe
taster) Ross, love to sing in The
Pop-Up Choir, travel, draw and
daydream about running a tea and cake shop by the seaside.
