Writing

Before launching Fowl Mouths I was a journalist covering politics, human interest, crime and business.

And in 10 years of award-winning journalism I also covered food issues wherever I could. I wrote a eye-opening account of a busy abattoir, investigated the shocking shortage of environmental health officers ensuring the standards of where we eat out and interviewed celebrity chefs including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Mark Hix as well as several Masterchef contestants.

Here are just a few examples of my food writing.

A Day as a Chocolate Taster - Daily Mirror

Is this the perfect job? I spent a day being interviewed to become a chocolate taster for Green & Blacks - and even invented a new chocolate bar flavour.

London's best street food markets - Mirror Online

My guide to London's ultimate street food markets

There's something rotten in our food - Big Issue

My investigation into the crisis facing environmental health service

Have a CRACKING Christmas - Daily Mirror

Don't get stumped by Christmas lunch - I prepared turkey and all the trimmings with Sunday Brunch's Simon Rimmer & Tim Lovejoy.

All in a day's work - but it's a bloody business - Dorset Echo

As part of the Dorset Echo's 'Ground to Plate' series for Dorset Food Week, I visited an abattoir in West Dorset to see where our meat really comes from.

Masterchef does Christmas - Daily Mirror

Masterchef winner James Nathan takes us through Christmas lunch - with a few top tips from John Torode

Would you eat a Frankenburger? - Daily Mirror

As food turns to science to figure out a way to maintain the global meat supply, scientists are attempting to grow meat in a laboratory. But would you eat it?

Should we be told if the meat we eat is halal - Daily Mirror

I investigated the furore around the labeling of halal meat.

20 Food Myths Busted - Daily Mirror

As research suggests butter isn't quite as bad for our health as we've always been told, I lifted the lid on other food myths we'd been led to believe...

Food for thought - Big Issue

Portland Young Offenders' Institute had a unique way of celebrating Black History Month - by feasting on food from around the world. I gained exclusive access to the prison for the Big Issue

Fungi foray with River Cottage

We were given a glimpse of the treasures in Dorset's larder on a fungi foray with River Cottage's John Wright.