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China starts the New Year.

Chongqing is the largest city in the world – and the most exhilarating.  Rather than me trying to describe it without sight, my intrepid videographer and nephew, Toby, explored the excitement, dynamism and visual magic in his video () cityscape. …

Meet the sourdough professionals

California’s Cheeseboard Collective is an inspiration to anyone who wants to make, smell and greedily devour absolutely fantastic sourdough bread ().  Watch my day with them () and learn some true tricks of the trade. The recipe is giant sized:  …

Ben and Blanche saved us

Genuine friendship and generosity was the hallmark of my baking Blind tour ().  It made all the difference right from the very start when, by complete chance, I met Ben and Blanche over dinner in San Francisco.  They were fellow…

Crackers at China Live

Top chef Luis turned under-cooked rice and grass from the coast of China in to an amazing fine dining experience (). You will be as staggered as I by the amount of time (potentially three days), the attention to detail…

Can blind cook survive in professional kitchen?

Imagine the challenge of cooking alongside a Michelin-level chef making eclectic Chinese cuisine from authentic ingredients in an ultra-high-tech kitchen – without any sight at all ().  Then double the anxiety and stress because everything is being captured on video…

San Francisco videos coming soon

San Francisco was my starting point for the Baking blind world tour: a city full of life and history with a great reputation for good food   .  Also home to the LightHouse organisation that awarded me the Holman prize for…

Home Sweet Home

The smell of my own sheets, the touch of the familiar steps , taste of home-cooking and the sound of my turtle doves cooing – I’m home at last after over five months in French hospitals. There’s a short video…

Home Sweet Home

The smell of my own sheets, the touch of the familiar steps , taste of home-cooking and the sound of my turtle doves cooing – I’m home at last after over five months in French hospitals.  There’s a short video…

Walking Wounded

Over 3 months since nearly dying in a car accident, I’m just about back on my feet I think that they reckon one loses about 2% muscle mass for every week in bed so you can imagine that I’m…

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