Chef,
food writer
and consultant,
butter evangelist.
Hi, I’m Liv: an award-winning food writer, baker, and chef.
I cook and write about incredible food – for press, for brands and businesses, and hopefully for you.
Services
Food writing
Writing copy for restaurants, menus, food products and packaging, ads, ands producer and chef interviews.
Food consultancy
Developing brands, menus and recipes. Creative strategy for food businesses, launches and events. Tone of voice development and training.
Presenting & appearances
Chairing your events, hosting podcasts, interviewing speakers.
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I wrote a whole
book about butter.
About me
A bit about me
After a career at the criminal bar, I retrained in pâtisserie at Le Cordon Bleu, and later in butchery at Walthamstow College.
I wrote A Half Baked Idea, which won the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Award, and Butter: A Celebration, which Nigella Lawson called ‘her dream book.’
I write for the Financial Times, delicious, the Telegraph, the Guardian, Slightly Foxed, TLS, the Times, and Waitrose magazine. In 2020, I was named the Guild of Food Writers Food Writer of the Year.
I am the Spectator’s cookery columnist and present their podcast, Table Talk, and write their food and drink newsletter, The Take Away.
I also run FEAST, catering high-end weddings, cooking for high-profile private clients, hosting themed supperclubs, and everything in-between.
What I can do for you
I can help you make your words work harder.
I love food, and I love writing. Words have the power to change how people look at the food you’re trying to sell: whether that’s a menu, product description, a recipe, or a story that needs telling.
My wide skills and knowledge base – home cooking, recipe development, classical cooking, restaurants, products, history, tone of voice – mean that whatever your business needs, I can bring your food story to life.
Drop me a line, and let’s see if we’d be a good fit.