
Jersey schoolboy wins ice cream flavour design competition
Mr Fenlon said: "We're excited to be going into production with this truly inventive flavour ice cream."As part of his prize, Will had a behind the scenes VIP tour of Jersey Dairy, and watched his very own ice cream flavour roll off the production line before being given a full case to take home.Shaun Findlay, managing director of Les Amis, said: "What a great competition this has been and although there could only be one winner, it has been amazing to see the community get behind the initiative to help us celebrate our Golden Anniversary."Congratulations to Will and I know all our team, and our residents, are looking forward to trying the new ice cream."
Hashtags

Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles


The Guardian
2 hours ago
- The Guardian
‘Trump is a horror story, isn't he?' Stephen King on villains, dark secrets and dreams
I once entered a short story competition in the Guardian, judged by you, but failed. Is it simply a case of trying until something sticks? Or is accepting a lack of talent a relief over chasing an impossible dream? EvolAnthWell, it's not necessarily a lack of talent. I think everybody has talent, but you have to hone it. The more you do it, the more you like it. And when you have talent, you want to do it, you know? You signed my copy of Christine with the words 'Keep on screaming for vengeance' because I was wearing a Judas Priest badge. Is music still important to you? RobFrampton Yeah, music is still important to me. I've moved on from Judas Priest because I couldn't get the rights to use the lyrics from You've Got Another Thing Comin' for my [2008] novel, Duma Key. So I've moved on to Rancid, Nazareth, Anthrax and Metallica. I don't listen to music if I'm composing directly from my head to the page. When I'm rewriting, I like to listen to club music, disco or something with a repetitive beat that flows through my head and goes in one ear and out the other. Today I was listening to some zydeco music, and LCD Soundsystem. I like North American Scum, Losing My Edge and Daft Punk Is Playing at My House very much. Do you still go to bookshops and sign copies of your books when no one is looking? PampersIf I can sneak in and sneak out, I do. I last did it at a bookstore down the road from me in western Maine and signed some copies of Never Flinch and You Like It Darker. I don't really like book signings because you can't do everybody. On my last book tour, I had to sign 400 books that were sifted at random from 1,000, so you only had a chance of getting one. But it was better than facing a line of people that never ends, where they all have two or three books. That's tough. The word 'prolific' is often overused, but not for your output. Is not stopping a choice, or is it because you can't stop? JamesZZZIt's hard to decide what to do with those two or three extra hours a day between 9am and noon. You can only watch so many gameshows on TV. I can go for a walk, but then I'm still thinking about the next thing. Basically, man, I'm entertaining myself. Do you still write all your books on Microsoft Word? otterleyAs a matter of fact, I do. Sometimes I will sit and write in the mornings in longhand and then transcribe it. But mostly I use Word because you can go back and fix things. I'm not much of a computer geek, so if I have a problem, I get my IT guy on the job. Why is something scarier the more legs it has? biscoffThere is some truth to that. I just finished reading a British fantasy novel called City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky. In it, there's a monster in a hole in the ground, which is like a centipede and has all these legs. When they dump somebody into the pit, it grabs them with all its legs, punches through the flesh and chews off their head. So that was really scary. The thing is, they're not like us. They don't look like us. They are basically alien creatures, so it's a little bit scary. Who do you read for lighter moments while on holiday? I re-read PG Wodehouse. LowerColonI don't read PG Wodehouse. I have a tendency to read British mysteries. I'm reading one now called The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke that's set on a Scottish island. The people can't get out and it's pretty good. I'm studying for a master's in English and my dissertation is on Holly Gibney's transformation from walk-on character to heroine, covering all seven books. Can you help? Norahseel56 I sort of fell in love with her. She was supposed to be almost a joke character; a walk-on, so to speak. She was obviously hen-pecked by her mother. Her mother was very overbearing and her father was a dishrag kind of person. There came a point in that first book, Mr Mercedes, where one of the characters, Jerome Robinson, goes to Holly because she understands computers and they kind of click. That was the point where she started to become three-dimensional. The more I wrote about her, and got interested in her, the more she started to become confident and interesting. She's still got a lot of inferiority, and she's not married and doesn't have a boyfriend or anything. I think she might be a virgin. I'm not sure about that. I haven't explored her backstory enough, but she became very interesting to me. By the third novel she was in, she just walked in and stole the book. What is the furthest you have got into writing a book and thought: 'Nah, that's no good,' and chucked it away? stinkyThere was one called The Cannibals that was set in an apartment building and these people couldn't get out. It was sort of interesting, but I didn't know what to do with it, so I just shelved it and went on to something that seemed more doable. It was probably about 200 pages. You go until you can't think of anything else to say, and that's the end. Does Roland Deschain [the main character in King's The Dark Tower series] wear a hat? In my mind, he doesn't. My partner disagrees. Please settle this argument! jackbumbyIn some of the pictures he wears a hat. But I never really saw him in a hat, no. I'm going to an arts school and am thinking about becoming a horror writer. What part-time job would be good to get some inspiration? EagleDogCatI got some inspiration when I worked in a mill. We had to clean the place out and there were a lot of big rats in the basement. I wrote a story about that, and then I was off and running. I think any kind of a job that is manual labour – what in the US we call a blue-collar worker – is good experience for a writer. You don't want a job where you can sit down in a clean, well-lit room and not have to clean up shit. If fear was a colour, would it be monochrome or have different shades? SimotherI think it's dark blue shading to black. You've got to have some colour because you have to be able to see a little bit. You've got to sense something and get an idea of what's in the shadows, so to speak. So yeah, I'd say dark blue shading to black. If you had to invent an ending for Trumpian America, what would it be? hereroI think it would be impeachment – which, in my view, would be a good ending. I would love to see him retired, let's put it that way. The bad ending would be that he gets a third term and takes things over completely. It's a horror story either way. Trump is a horror story, isn't he? When I first saw Stranger Things, it felt much like a Stephen King novel. Do you agree? MeckastemeduckI don't see it as a Stephen King story as much as some other people do. I think the Duffer Brothers give me more credit than I deserve. Like a lot of talented people, they grew up with my material. When they were young and malleable, they read a lot of Stephen King and said: 'We wanna do something like that.' But they're very talented guys and the story they have developed has a lot more to it than Stephen King. It's got a lot of Duffer Brothers in it. It's good. I've seen all the episodes. I like it a lot. If someone was to make a film of your life, who would play you? MorganFox77I would love to have a good-looking leading man, but I don't think Brad Pitt would do it. He is a lot better-looking than me. I'm a little bit on the elderly side now, so I'd say maybe Christopher Lloyd or – who's the guy in Twin Peaks, the main tall guy? Kyle MacLachlan. I'm sure people are always asking you about your own dark secrets. Is there anything adorable about yourself that you'd like to share? UrrurrshCan't tell you. When another film or TV adaptation lands on your desk, does it instil excitement or sighs of despair? LP43TT I'm still excited when somebody makes a movie out of something that I've done. I was excited to see The Monkey earlier this year, and The Life of Chuck. I'm very excited to see [Edgar Wright's remake of] The Running Man, which was filmed in England. I don't write with movies in mind. I just write what seems like a good story that people and I will enjoy. Then whatever happens to it happens. That's fine. I like the movies, but I think they're different things, like apples and oranges, so to speak. Would you rather have the technology to teleport wherever you want, like in The Jaunt, access to a pantry which allows you to time travel back to a single point, like in 11/22/63, or an unassuming shop where you can purchase your greatest desire, like in Needful Things? smilliganI don't think I want anything to do with time travel because you'd mess things up. I'm afraid if I tried to teleport, my atoms would get mixed up with a fly and I saw that movie, so I wouldn't like that. My greatest desire, what would it be? Hey, I've got everything I want. I've got two pairs of clean jeans in my dresser. The thing that I really like is – I'm sort of a shoe guy. I love shoes. I admire women because they get all these really cool shoes. I've probably got 20 pairs of shoes, man. Sneakers, little boots and things. When people see that, they'll say: 'Oh, that's crazy.' I bet there's plenty of women out there that are going to read this who say: 'I've got 50 pairs of shoes.' I have very vivid and often strange dreams which my husband jokes are like Stephen King novels. Has any of your work been inspired by strange dreams? KatzahranI can think of one, about an abandoned refrigerator that, when it opened, was full of these flying leeches, and I put that in a story. You've said you don't like February, the number 13 and doing interviews. Does this still stand? TopTrampThere was a time, when I was a young and struggling writer, when I would imagine all the smart, witty answers I would give in interviews. Now I'm actually faced with interviewers like your good self, I'm just sort of stuck. I hear myself saying: 'Um … erm … ah … er …' a lot. It's a case of be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. The Life of Chuck is in cinemas from 20 August Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.


Daily Mail
15 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Sandra Bullock claims she was advised not to 'like' Jennifer Aniston
Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston probably should've been friends during the height of their nineties hey-day, but they were urged to remain competitive for A-list roles. 'We were from that time in the business where no one wanted the ladies to be friends — it was about pitting everyone against each other,' the 61-year-old Miss Congeniality alum explained to Vanity Fair on Monday. 'We were told we weren't supposed to do that — meaning like and respect and honor each other.' Another reason Sandra and the 56-year-old Friends alum might have kept their distance was they both dated the same man, Tate Donovan. Bullock dated the 61-year-old Damages alum from 1990-1995 and memorably played awkward scientists who fell for each other in Dale Launer's 1992 rom-com Love Potion No. 9. Tate quickly moved on with Jennifer and they dated between 1995-1998 until his five-episode guest gig aired on Friends, in which he played her character Rachel Green's newly-divorced leading man. It wasn't until 2010 when the Oscar winner and Aniston became friends while attending a wedding where they both knew the groom, which led to 'trading shots and notes.' 'We were just like, "Oh my God, we need to meet and cut loose!" And we did,' Sandra recalled. The Emmy winner - who affectionately calls her 'Sand-a-La' - replied: 'I don't know what I was sending her, but it was definitely stronger than what she was sending me.' Jennifer and Bullock bonded over their shared love of interior design, practical jokes, lavish trips, and numerology readings. 'I think her superpower is that she could very easily be hard, but she's incredibly open,' the Virginia-born beauty said. 'Nothing is for her alone ever. Everything she does is for everyone else included.' Aniston added of their friendship: 'There's a motivation of going, "Okay, we need to go somewhere. Where are we going?" I'm desperately trying not to Howard Hughes myself.' The LA-born, NY-raised blonde and Sandra commiserate over their shared fear of flying. 'The two of us on a plane — it's the most pathetic thing to look at,' Bullock laughed. 'Usually it's us grabbing each other's arms from across the table with our heads down.' Two spring breaks ago during a flight, Jennifer summoned the strength to comfort the single mother-of-two when she was 'not in a great place.' Another reason Sandra and the 56-year-old Friends alum might have kept their distance was they both dated the same man, Tate Donovan Tate quickly moved on with Jennifer and they dated between 1995-1998 until his five-episode guest gig aired on Friends, in which he played her character Rachel Green's newly-divorced leading man It wasn't until 2010 when the Oscar winner and Aniston became friends while attending a wedding where they both knew the groom, which led to 'trading shots and notes' (pictured in 2023) 'She just held onto my hand and goes, "This is just a bump,"' Sandra recalled. 'I was like, "Who the f*** are you right now?!" Bullock and Aniston have both dealt with scary, home-invading stalkers too. On May 7, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle pled not guilty to one count of felony stalking and felony vandalism after crashing his car through the gate of the Out of My Mind actress' $22M Bel-Air estate while she was home. In 2018, Joshua Corbett died during a standoff with the LAPD four years after being sentenced to five years probation for stalking The Lost City producer-star and breaking into her house while she was home. 'It makes me think, "Do I really have to go outside and navigate the world?"' Sandra said. 'There's the cases where they got into the house, the cases where they're outside the house, the cases where you're on a film set and they figured out where you are, and the cases that no one hears about. 'It's ongoing. It's not a one-off. And it does create a mindset where your home also unfortunately becomes your fortress.' The Virginia-born beauty has been hard at work producing and reprising her role as witch Sally Owens in Susanne Bier's sequel Practical Magic 2 - hitting US theaters September 18, 2026 - alongside Nicole Kidman (L, pictured July 18) Jennifer reportedly earned $2M per episode executive producing and reprising her role as UBA co-host Alex Levy in Charlotte Stoudt's 10-episode fourth season of The Morning Show, which premieres September 17 on Apple TV+. Aniston based her character off the trailblazing broadcast journalist, Diane Sawyer. The hit newsroom drama is a loose adaptation of Brian Stelter's 2013 book Top of the Morning, and season four is set two years after the UBA-NBN merger. The two-time SAG Award winner will next produce and star in the Apple TV+ adaptation of former child star Jennette McCurdy's 2022 memoir I'm Glad My Mom Died, and she'll produce the Gen Z reboot of 9 to 5 penned by Diablo Cody. Jennifer also keeps busy running her haircare company LolaVie, which she founded in 2021. Bullock has been hard at work producing and reprising her role as witch Sally Owens in Susanne Bier's sequel Practical Magic 2 - hitting US theaters September 18, 2026 - alongside Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, and Stockard Channing. The Bullet Train actress will also reunite with her Speed and Lake House leading man Keanu Reeves for an untitled romantic thriller penned by Noah Oppenheim for Amazon MGM Studios.


BBC News
15 hours ago
- BBC News
MasterChef 2025 contestants - Meet the Heat 3 hopefuls
MasterChef is back uncovering the country's best amateur cooks as they battle it out in the MasterChef kitchen. Who will be the 2025 Champion? Let's meet the Heat 2 contenders... Please note this information is accurate at the time of filming; certain aspects may have since changed but this represents the contributors as the competition starts. Watch MasterChef Heat 4 on BBC iPlayer and BBC One from Wednesday 13 August at 8pm Read more: Meet the MasterChef 2025 contestants - Heat 4 GM Aileen School Admission Assistant, Aged 51 Aileen lives in Cheshire with her daughter and son. She was born and raised in Hong Kong where she's lived for most of her life. She has also lived in Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou and went to university in Canada. How would you describe your style of cooking? I would describe my style of cooking as versatile. I like to make classic Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Italian, French but I also like to twist things to make them fusion. How did you get into cooking? Earliest cooking memory? My mum and grandparents taught me to cook. I have always loved food since I was very young. It's only natural that I would want to learn to cook when I was old enough. I also learned to cook by following well known chefs - Nigella Lawson, Jaime Oliver, Martin Yan and Kylie Kwong. The first time I ever tasted a foreign cuisine was when my grandad cooked cauliflower in milk and cheese. This was a big novelty dish for me at eight years old. We didn't have many chances to taste 'Western' food at that time. My grandad worked as a chef on a cruise ship, and he introduced me to Western-style cooking. My earliest cooking memory was at eight, when I helped my grandpa and grandma to cook on their farm in Hong Kong when I spent my summer holidays there. What is your favourite ingredient to cook with and why? My favourite ingredients are seafood, steak and duck, simply because I love eating them. Why did you enter MasterChef this year? I entered MasterChef because it's something I always watched growing up. There was no such competition in Hong Kong and when I moved here, I thought, 'why not'? I was new to the country and thought this is an exciting opportunity to start a second life and to do something I could only ever dream of doing before. I also really want to see if I'm really that passionate about food and see if there's a possibility to turn it into a new career path. I perform best under pressure, and I want to see how far I can reach on my creativity. Do you have a dream of working in the food world? What is it? My food dream is to run a B&B with a farm to table bespoke meal prepared by me. Hazel Home Maker, Aged 32 Hazel lives in London with her partner and daughter. She was born in London and grew up in Essex. How would you describe your style of cooking? My style of cooking definitely varies but I like to cook delicious, relatively healthy meals that don't scrimp on flavour. I like to rotate flavours from Mexican, Asian, Middle Eastern and Italian influence. Nutritious and healthy comforting food that fills your belly and gives you a hug is what I like to do. How did you get into cooking? From very young, as young as I would have been able to stand on a small step and reach the kitchen countertop, my mum would get me and my brother in the kitchen. She would have us baking bread, making biscuits and other treats. I've been cooking ever since. Being able to make something delicious when I'm craving something delicious is what I live for. Earliest cooking memory? My mum used to make a fish pie with a cornflake topping when I was very young and I remember that so vividly and how much I loved it! Then my dad would make a pasta bake dish every Friday. It was so simple, filled with olive oil, mozzarella and tomatoes but it came out with a crispy top and I just loved it. It was comfort and I've tried to recreate it ever since. I remember always making Christmas biscuits to hang on the tree, cutting out Christmas shapes and piercing a hole in the top with a pencil to thread the string. All the biscuits never made it to Christmas day; they got picked off the tree way before that! What is your favourite ingredient to cook with and why? My favourite cooking ingredient is garlic! I put four cloves of garlic in everything as a minimum and I don't know if that's just become a habit, but I do love garlic. Maybe I'm even immune to garlic now I have so much of it. Why did you enter MasterChef this year? I entered MasterChef to do something for myself, to regain something that was mine, just mine! I had just had a baby, and it was coming up to a year and honestly, I was feeling very out of sorts. I wasn't sure who I was anymore, I had completely lost my flow in the kitchen and sometimes didn't even know how or what to cook so I suppose it was me trying to regain or take back a part of myself. I have watched MasterChef for years and have been cooking for so long. I've always thought I was a decent cook and when I cook for friends and family, they always enjoy it but I want to know how good I am. I want to show my baby girl that you should go for what you desire. I'd like to think I've got a really good shot so I'm going for it. Do you have a dream of working in the food world? I hadn't a food dream before MasterChef, but now I'd like to help post-partum mums heal themselves with food. I don't know what that looks like but whether it's teaching, cooking for them or sharing how I cook nutritious, family-friendly meals as a mum, that's my first port of call. Marcella Global Development Director, Aged 39 Marcella lives in Brighton. She was born and raised in West Sussex and then moved to London. How would you describe your style of cooking? Hosting for my friends and family is what inspires my food. I love a dinner party, garden party, summer party. I love most kinds of meet ups where food brings people together. My house has become the hub of our social gatherings, and this gives me the chance to try new things or just whip together some good old classic crowd pleasers. My style is definitely hearty, wholesome, flavourful. Everything has to be delicious or it's not worth having! I'm inspired by my Persian/Mauritian roots, but I love the classics too. Mexican, Italian and Asian food all have big flavours that I like to eat and cook. My technique could do with developing but I feel my flavours hit the mark. How did you get into cooking? I've been inspired to cook by my mum and her sisters. We're a large family and food is everything. Choosing a restaurant for a family birthday includes lots of sign off! But it was actually my best friend Clare who, after living with me for a few years in my early 20s and was no doubt getting sick of my microwave jacket potatoes, taught me to cook a spaghetti bolognaise from scratch and that's what got me going. Earliest cooking memory? My earliest memory is in my parents' kitchen, me sat on the worktop, and my mum letting me help her bake something. My Mum is one of five, but it's memories of her and her sisters in the kitchen, cooking Persian meals for hours, only for me and my cousins to scoff it all up in seconds, that has made me love food. I've been working on a family recipe book to make sure that our family favourites are not lost but can be handed down the generations. What is your favourite ingredient to cook with and why? This is a tough question - I love it all (apart from turnips!) but probably the potato is what I like cooking with best. It sounds so basic but so versatile, delicious in every form and goes with pretty much everything. Why did you enter MasterChef this year? This was a milestone year for me… I turned 40. The last decade has been a combination of dealing with grief and pushing my career forwards at an accelerated pace. This has given me lots of amazing opportunities, but I wanted to do something that was just for me, something that propelled me out of my comfort zone and perhaps sparked something in the form of a new passion from within, but most importantly just have some fun experiencing something new! Do you have a dream of working in the food world? My dream has been to produce a family cookbook, taking favourite recipes from family and friends and combining them into one book. This would be a little bit of a hot pot of cuisines and food styles but some great tasty family go-tos. I also love the idea of creating a food show, where we would focus on a certain location (Southern Italy, the French countryside or as far-fetched as Vietnam or Mexico). We'd go into a family home and learn their family recipes, food hacks and learn about the culture behind the food we eat. Food is just a great way of bringing people from all backgrounds together, and a great way to break down cultural barriers. I would also like to produce a dinner party hosting show, something that combines the creativity of hosting a dinner party with my event management skills. I'd have trendy tablescapes, a fun twist on a drink, take a concept, and make an event out of it at home. Something to impress your friends with, that's easy to do and affordable but, impactful and fun! Sam Vocational Trainer, Aged 28 Sam lives in Swindon with his boyfriend, Danny. He was born in Thailand and moved to the UK 10 years ago. How would you describe your style of cooking? My core style of cooking is authentic Thai food. However, I sometimes love to be creative with Thai fusion, taking inspiration from the countries I've visited. How did you get into cooking? Growing up in Thailand was challenging, so I had to learn how to cook from a very young age and how to be frugal and inventive with what I had. I would often help my mum and grandma in the kitchen, and my grandmother taught me the basics in Thai cuisine and my love for cooking grew from there. Since moving to the UK, I've done all the cooking myself. Social media food videos have become my best friend. Earliest cooking memory? When I was at school, as a team of three, my mum, grandma and I won the cooking competition. But my first memory was cooking rice on an open fire. I ended up with charcoal everywhere, and all over my face, but the rice was perfect! What is your favourite ingredient to cook with and why? This is a hard question! I love spicy food so my favourite ingredient would have to be chilli, closely followed by the perfect jasmine rice. There is nothing more comforting than rice. I grew up eating it every day and it's my go to. Chilli is the cornerstone of my cooking, however it be used - from a chilli dip with pineapple and unripe mango to the perfect pad-kra-pao (chicken basil). Why did you enter MasterChef this year? Before I moved to the UK, I had never seen the show before but now I absolutely love the show and have been hooked on it ever since I moved over here. Over the last five years, I kept saying to my boyfriend, I want to apply but never did. I've never had much confidence in my ability to cook and really wanted to push myself outside my comfort zone! Do you have a dream of working in the food world? I would love to have my own cookbook that celebrates Thailand and my style of cooking. Trevor Project Manager, Aged 50 Trevor lives in Kent with his wife Joanne. He was born in Sidcup and grew up in Chislehurst. How would you describe your style of cooking? My cooking style is diverse and versatile, as I enjoy experimenting with various cuisines and dishes. I have a passion for creating food that is not only delicious, but also artfully plated, with really impactful flavours. I love trying dishes from all over the world, from French cuisine to small-plate Spanish tapas, to Italian food and pizza, through to dishes from across Asia. As long as it tastes amazing, I'll cook it, add a twist here and there to give it my own spin. There's nothing I enjoy more than entertaining friends – sharing great food and good wine together makes me happy. How did you get into cooking? Earliest cooking memory? Cooking, for me, started when I was a child. My dad enjoyed entertaining and had a real interest in travel, so we were fortunate to visit some amazing destinations growing up. I remember going shopping with him on Saturday mornings when I was about nine or ten - picking up things like balsamic vinegar and saffron, which weren't everyday ingredients in our house in the early 1980s. We would come home, and I would loiter in the kitchen doorway, watching him cook dishes that were quite different from the usual meals we had during the week. Looking back, those moments sparked my curiosity about food and where ingredients came from. What is your favourite ingredient to cook with and why? My favourite ingredient must be the humble tomato. It's incredibly versatile and brings so much character to a dish. Whether it's the freshness of a simple tomato salad with shallots and a vinaigrette dressing, the comfort of tinned tomatoes on toast, or its essential role in global favourites like curries, pastas, and pizzas, tomatoes are the backstage hero everywhere! They can be sweet, sharp, smoky, or soothing depending on how they're prepared, and that adaptability makes them a joy to cook with. They're a staple in my kitchen and often the starting point for creativity. On a personal note, tomatoes evoke memories of my mum's Dutch spaghetti - a family favourite that's packed with flavour and nostalgia. It's one of those meals which brings everyone together, and it's where I first saw how a simple ingredient could be transformed into something truly special. Why did you enter MasterChef this year? Having faced some serious health challenges over the last year, and having just turned 50, not only is competing on MasterChef an exciting prospect, it's also an awakening of 'if not now, when'. It all began quite casually, my friend and neighbour started the application process and encouraged me to do the same. I kept hearing, 'You should go on MasterChef' and eventually thought, 'Why not?' So I completed the application (thank you Tom!), and to my surprise and delight, I was selected. It's been an incredible journey already. Do you have a dream of working in the food world? My food dream is to carve out a space as a down-to-earth writer and critic, sharing thoughtful reviews of restaurants and hotels while celebrating the stories behind the dishes and the people who create them. The idea of hosting or appearing in cookery shows also really excites me; it would be a wonderful way to combine my love of food with storytelling and connection. I love cooking at home and would enjoy sharing my own recipes with others — whether through writing or presenting. Follow for more