I've been obsessed with creating recipes and making people smile through the medium of food for some time now and wanted to share my photos, menu ideas and enthusiasm with other people; hence starting my own blog.
My earliest memories of food are from my childhood. I must have been about 5 or 6 years old, and coming from Grimsby fish was always a big part of our life. The fish van came round every Thursday which meant my sister and I got to pick what we wanted to eat that evening for supper. I have vivid memories of the glistening skin of the fillets, the sparkling ice on which they sat and the sweet, fishy smell of the fish. One of my favourites at this time was skate wings. Simply pan fried in some butter with lemon juice and capers if the perfect way to eat them, where the flesh just falls of the bone and melts in your mouth. Perfect.
My family always grew their own vegetables on an allotment in the centre of the village, so I was very used to eating seasonally from a young age. This is something I still follow where possible. Too many people are used to having what they want, when they want it. Do you really think this will give you the best ingredients? Forcing strawberries or tomatoes to grow affects your recipe; they have no flavour!
My background is food manufacturing, and after spending 11 years designing and innovating products for all the premium UK retailers I took a step back to go back to basics, and hone my cooking skills. More recently I have been running a local restaurant, designing menus and crweating recipes, but who knows what the future holds. The only thing I do know is that food will be a massive part of it!
Some pictures of me and the chefs I've been lucky enlighten to meet over the years #inspiration
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