• Cookery and Food Writer and qualified Home Economist
• Works closely with many 'celebrity' chefs
• Many years experience with newspapers, companies, publishers, agencies
• Skilled at recipe leaflets and back-of-pack copy
• Experienced and personable demonstrator
• Lively and authoritative TV and radio cook
• Easy and professional to work with
• In short - a good all-rounder!

All about me

I've had a long and varied career and have tackled a wide range of topics. I learn from every job and enjoy the challenge. My recipes range from those for children and 'virgin' cooks through to the passionate enthusiastic amateur. I have a high level of practical skill — I love to cook. With a post-graduate diploma in Home Economics and the Leith's Advanced Certificate I possess a large font of culinary knowledge and experience. I can tell just by looking at a recipe whether it will work or not. But there is still no substitute for hands-on testing. I excel at straight-forward easy recipes — even if the dish itself is likely to be long and involved I work hard to ensure it works.

I specialise in 'translating' chef's recipes and ideas into home-cook speak. It is a myth that top chef's recipes are difficult. The dish often consist of 3 to 4 parts and when you look at each part it is pure simplicity. I believe that a little knowledge is a good thing. If you know about what you eat you are likely to make the most of it. Sharing fascinating facts and helpful hints gives me great pleasure.

My specialities are:

• Cookbooks — around 30 now
• Recipes and leaflets
• Writing with chefs
• Magazine articles and food styling
• TV and radio (much experience)
• Internet writing
• PR leaflets and advertorials
• Back-of-pack cooking instructions (an underrated skill increasingly done badly by the wrong people)
• Concept ideas for New Product Development (happy to work with commercial projects for good, wholesome products)
• Metric matters — let's get back to the days of single measures and help the UK cook understand this simple system (see www.gfw.co.uk/campaigns/metrication.html)

Clients include:

• Gordon Ramsay, Marcus Wareing, Angela Harnett, Richard Corrigan
• Tilda (the rice and Indian sauces specialists)
• Loyd Grossman Sauces
• Lee Kum Kee (authentic Oriental sauces)
• CMA — the marketing organisation for German food in the UK