About
I've been thinking about food for as long as I can remember. I trained in pastry at Marcus Wareing, staged in Paris' bistros and patisseries, immersed myself in Melbourne's café culture, and eventually found my way back to London, where I opened restaurants and built a career around cooking for people.
Along the way, I've had the privilege of editing cookbooks, private cheffing, catering weddings, and teaching thousands of people how to cook.
For me, food has always been about more than what's on the plate. I love gathering around a kitchen island, making guests feel at home, and creating the kind of meals and moments that people remember. Hosting has become the thread running through my career and it's still the part of cooking I love most.
Private Chef
I cook for a small number of clients in London. Doing this well means getting to know each family; how they like to entertain, the meals their children will actually finish, and what they want when they walk through the door after a long day.
I specialise in relaxed, family-style, produce-led cooking, rooted in Italian and French traditions. I have a broad understanding of many cuisines and can adapt to whatever is needed. I’m as happy making Vietnamese bánh xèo for a midweek fridge fill as I am searing a beautiful fillet of beef for steak tagliata.
If you've been given my name by someone you trust, I'd love to hear from you.
Previous Work
Trained under Marcus Wareing, then spent my formative years cooking in Paris’ patisseries and Melbourne's vibrant cafe scene before returning to London run restaurants and cafes before opening a couple of my own.
Chef tutor at Waitrose Cookery School for six years, and the person who moved their programme online when everything shut down in 2020, keeping it alive when it mattered most.
Writing assistant and recipe tester on the first Hoppers cookbook, still one of my favourite projects to date.
Regular collaborator with some of the people I admire most in food.
Mama Rise
I spent the last stretch of my pregnancy designing a food service I wished had existed the first time around. After my second baby arrived, I ate it. It worked.
Mama Rise is a pre and postnatal food service, proper nutrition for the weeks around birth, made with the same care I bring to everything. It has investment behind it and launches later in 2026.
Videos
A handful of the recipes and techniques I filmed with Waitrose during my years teaching at the school.
Get in Touch
The best way to reach me is directly.