Having worked for several major food manufacturers, I was offered a freelance contract with Unilever working on recipe development and food styling for Bertolli, Ragu, Knorr, Flora, Stork, Elmlea, Hellman’s, Colman’s, Maille, etc... Recent work includes:Food writer for Appetite Magazine with a regular column "What do I do with....?Greggs – food styling for all website and in store photographyUnilever – recipe development for packs and website, food presentations to all major UK supermarketsQuorn – food styling for pack photography and website shotsDr Oetker - food stylingKavli (including Primula and Castle MacLellan) – recipe development and food styling for websiteFood styling for restaurants (including Canaca, Newcastle Upon Tyne)DFDS - food styling Fenwicks – Christmas catalogue Other clients have included: Brakes - in-house product presentations, food fairs, food styling for all of their new product leafletsSun Valley – food styling for advertorials and advertisements Co-op – product presentations (including with Lorraine Kelly)Tesco - Product tasting sessions and cookery demonstrations in In-Store Kitchen, Shoreham-by-SeaGreen Giant - recipe development and food styling for recipe books, leaflets and pack photographyWorking with photographers, in studios and on location, food styling for commercials, radio and TV location work.

Teaching cooking skills and promoting a healthy lifestyle through cooking classes for all age groups.I feel passionately that everyone should learn how to cook and to know where their food comes from in order to make healthy food choices. Since joining Food Nation I have been involved in a summer project cooking with young people aged 16-18 years, and with older people who come together to cook socially and to learn new skills. Food is so important to our nutritional as well as social wellbeing. I am thoroughly enjoying passing on my knowledge and experience to promote healthy lifestyles to all age groups.

Teaching pre-schoolers from 2-4 years basic cooking skills, and introducing them to healthy food choices through planting in our school allotment, seeing the food grow and practical cooking sessions.Sow, grow and cook - learning about healthy lifestyles through play.

Cookery demonstrations to consumers selling Pampered Chef branded cooking equipment and utensils.

My role with Mayhew Chicken was as Senior Home Economist heading up a team of Home Economists working in their development kitchens. I worked closely with major supermarkets developing and presenting own brand products, liaising with company suppliers and also food styling for photography.

I was Company Home Economist for Pillsbury UK, working on recipe and product development, taste panelling, presentations and food styling for pack shots and company literature for Green’s, Green Giant, Hammonds Sauce Company, Amoy and Hagan Dazs.

Fulfilling an ambition, I worked as cabin crew on short and long haul flights.

My career began as a Home Economist with Unilever based in the South East of England, where I worked in the development kitchens developing recipes and food styling for company recipe books & leaflets, back of pack recipes, cookery presentations, TV commercials (Flora, Stork & I Can’t Believe It’s not Butter!), TV cookery with ITV breakfast television and radio work.