I believe in…
Everyone being able to eat quality food without having to take out a second mortgage, whether it’s a sandwich or a three course meal.
 

I’m against…
Stuffy, over designed bars and restaurants with attitude, who think that charging an arm and a leg can be justified.

I also detest menus which suggest that somehow including foie gras will be the epitome of good eating when a flavoursome soup or even a salad made with fresh ingredients and a dash of imagination can be just as palatable.
 

Ask me about…
Bars, restaurants, recipes, chefs and all things foodie.
 

Career highlights
The day I reviewed my very first restaurant. To think I was getting paid just to have a free meal!

Otherwise, along with writing for my various food-related journalistic outlets such as The Guardian and Square Meal, where I have made TV and radio appearances, as well as cooked as a guest chef in a restaurant and watched the plates come back licked and empty.

Memorable moments include…
Every time I have a faultless restaurant meal, till the next one comes along that is. Alternatively, how can one forget the crap meals?

After all those years of bulge-busting binges, it all becomes a haze of a million lunches and dinners, a zillion drinks, an outsized wardrobe full of food stains and a garden shed brimming with old menus. But would I give it up for anything? Not even if my well-oiled jaw depended on it!