My First Post Ever!!

Today I make my first post. After all my frustrations of trying to set up a blog (and realising that though I thought I knew how to use my computer reasonably well-I might be slightly computer illiterate) I am finally ready to start sharing my thoughts, ideas and recipes, but first- here is a little bit about me.

 I am a Silwood trained chef working for one of Cape Town’s top food stylists. Developing recipes for some of our really big food based companies; prop sourcing, cooking, shopping and eating are what I do on a day to day basis. At any moment I can be up a ladder, cooking up a storm or painstakingly positioning seeds with a pair of tweezers. 

 I am pretty much always around food, whether I’m eating it, making it, beautifying it or just thinking about it.

 I love cooking simple, unpretentious food that is all about flavour. I am more flavour conscious than health conscious but that said some healthy foods just taste amazing.

 I’m probably the messiest chef in the world. Luckily if I’m cooking for my boyfriend, Josh, or my family I mostly get to duck out of cleaning duty but at work it’s just me, and no matter how hard I try not even my Silwood training helps me keep it tidy. They do say a messy chef is a happy chef don't they?? I must be the happiest chef in Cape Town at least.

I LOVE BACON!!!!

...and I am completely obsessed with cup cakes, not so much eating them- mostly just making them and making them  look pretty.

I have 32 sweet teeth and I'll pretty much choose dessert over real food any day- unless it's bacon. I also have an amazing ability to convince myself that sugar is not fattening and as long as it doesn’t have a lot of butter I won't become a tub of lard.

Also wine is good for you. After all, it's just made from grapes, and grapes are fruit and fruit is good for you. No?  

So that is me, in a nutshell.

Join me as I share my passion and love for food. I will be posting recipes and pictures, and writing about places I go and what I eat. Basically anything that has anything to do with food-so basically my life.