2014

August 2014 I presented a food photography session at Blogstock, the world’s first blogging festival

June 2014 I co-presented a food styling and photography workshop at the Britmums Live conference

May 2014 I was one of two workshop presenters at Venicefoto, an intensive 2 day course in Italy where I taught basic principles of photography, and low-light photography.

April 2014 I was interviewed by Chris Osburn for a feature on me on the CheapoAir travel website.

March 2014 I was listed by Flipkeyby Tripadvisor as one of the top 25 culinary travel bloggers to follow in 2014

February 2014  I was interviewed for a piece about me in the The South African newspaper here in London:

February 2014 My farro and roasted vegetable salad was featured on Huffington Post 

January 2014 I was named as one of the top 10 UK food bloggers of 2013 by Foodies 100

2013

December 2013 I was featured in an interview on the Grootbos resort blog

December 2013 My peach and cardamom clafoutis was featured on Huffington Post 

December 2013 My article and photos 48 Hours in Dubai appeared in Issue 36 of Crush! online magazine (p20)

July 2013 My recipe for Amarula and mint tiramisu was featured on the Good Food Channel website.

June 2013 Spoke as a panellist on How To Improve Quality of Food Blogging at Britmums Live conference

May 2013 My article and photos on Chihuahua, Mexico appeared in issue 1 of Legacy FS magazine

May 2013  My review and photos of Bizerca Bistro in Cape Town appeared in issue 3 of TravelSmart magazine, the FastJet in-flight magazine

May 2013 I was one of the four organisers and speakers at the Plate to Page food writing and photography workshop near Dublin, Ireland where I presented writing workshops.

March 2013 My article and photos on Eating & Skiing in the French Alps appeared in Issue 27 of Crush! online magazine (p19)

February 2013  I was interviewed for and quoted in an article by Saaleha Bamjee in the South African Financial Mail magazine about South Africa’s emerging foodie culture.

February 2013  I gave a photography presentation entitled “Getting your camera off auto and onto manual” at Bloggers’ Buzz in London.

February 2013  Presented a session on low-light and restaurant photography; and post-processing with PhotoShop at a Food Photography and Styling workshop in London.

2012

December 2012  I was one of the speakers at the #DigitalDining event in London, where I spoke on “Blogging like a Pro”

December 2012  My article and photos on A Taste of Northern Italy appeared in Issue 26 of Crush! online magazine (p36-37)

November 2012 Named on the Lastminute.com blog as one of the 5 top food blogs in the UK

October 2012  An interview and photo of me  were featured in the two major Afrikaans language newspapers in South Africa: Beeld on 25 Oct and Die Burger on 30 October

October 2012  My article and photos of the Vaucluse region of Provence appeared in issue 24 of Crush! online magazine (p34-35)

September 2012  My article and photos on the Munich Oktoberfest appeared in issue 23 of Crush! online magazine (p36-37)

September 2012  A series of my photographs appeared on the MSN Food website to illustrate a piece on the world’s hottest chilli menu.

August 2012  My article on African food appeared on the Royal Opera House’s blog for the Deloitte Iginte 2012 series.

July 2012 My recipe for spiced plum semi freddo appeared in the Summer 2012 issue of Fabulous Food Magazine.

July 2012 I was one of the bloggers whose tips were featured in a piece on the best street food in London on the Hostelbookers website

June 2012  I was the keynote speaker at the 2012 South African Food & Wine Blogger Indaba in Cape Town, speaking on ethics in blogging, as well as presenting a photography and a post-processing workshop.

June 2012  I was part of a panel discussion on British Blogging Now at the Britmums Live conference in London, speaking on the state of British blogging now

May 2012   I was one of the four speakers at the Plate to Page food writing and photography workshop in Somerset, England where I presented writing workshops as well as a low-light photography presentation.

May 2012  My article on Corfu appeared in Issue 20 of Crush online magazine (p38-39)

March 2012 I was featured in an interview on Chef Afrik about the world’s top African food blogs

March 2012 I was voted one of reader’s favourite blogs in Taste Magazine m.tastemag.co.za/article/view/687

February 2012 I was named as one of Food24‘s top 20 South African foodies on Twitter

2011

December 2011 I was one of 200 “influential figures in business, tehcnology and arts”  interviewed about what they wanted for Christmas by PostDesk for a special feature.  I said I wanted 4 extra hours in each day and a Canon 24-70mm lens 😉

November 2011 I was one of the speakers at Bite n Write, a food blogger conference in Birmingham

October 2011 I was one of the four speakers at the Plate to Page food writing and photography workshop in Pistoia, Italy where I presented writing workshops as well as a low-light photography presentation.

May 2011  I was one of the four speakers at the Plate to Page food writing and photography workshop in Weimar, Germany where I presented writing workshops as well as a low-light photography presentation.

May 2011  I was interviewed by IT Web for an article on food blogging and popular culture, “Cordon bleu bloggers”

April 2011  My article and photographs on foods for an Anglo-South African celebration of the Royal Wedding and Freedom Day appeared in the April 2011 issue of the SA Times Magazine

March 2011  I was the keynote speaker and delivered two workshops on food writing and food photography at the Second South African Food Blogger Indaba conference in Cape Town

March 2011  My article and photographs about South African braai/BBQ food for the English summer appeared in the march 2011 issue of the SA Times Magazine

2010

December 2010 My article and photographs about cooking a South African Christmas dinner in London appeared in the December 2010 issue of the SA Times magazine

November 2010 I was the subject of an interview and feature in the November 2010 issue of the SA Times magazine

November 2010 – My recipe for lemon blackberry cheesecake in a glass appeared in the Rate Your recipe section of Crush! online magazine (page 34).

October 2010 my essay entitled The Ghost of Chrismas Past was published in Creating Meal You’ll Love, a collection of culinary essays.

October 2010 Two of my recipes and photographs were published in Foodies of the World, a cookbook showcasing the best food writing from food blogs around the globe

June 2010 I was a speaker at the second Food Blogger Connect conference in London, delivering three presentations on recipe writing; copyright; and writing style and voice

May 2010 I was interviewed by the Canadian National Post newspaper for an article about BBQ traditions from around the world

May 2010 My article on exotic salts of the world appeared in the online luxury magazine The Address.

March 2010 I was named in the March 2010 issue of the South African Oprah Magazine as one of their 5 favourite blogs.

March 2010 I was the keynote speaker at the first South African Food Blogger Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

February 2010 Giant Lurpak posters and billboards appeared all over London (in stations and by roadsides) featuring the white chocolate cupcakes that I baked for their photoshoot in 2009.

February 2010 I was asked by Morrisons supermarkets to develop pancake recipes using seasonal ingredients, and two of my recipes were listed on the Morrison’s website.

January 2010 My article on Cuban wine was featured in the Winter/Spring 09/10 issue of on-line We Magazine for Women (see p. 30)

January 2010  I joined the Food24 site as Foodie Travel expert – feel free to pop in and ask me a question!

2009

December 2009 My recipe for chicken breasts stuffed with sun-dried tomato, cream cheese and sage appeared in the BloggerAid Cook Book

December 2009 I was interviewed by and featured on the Femina website (the feature later went on to be one of the top 5 readers’ favourites in the website’s food section)

December 2009 Four of my essays appeared in National Geographic’s book 500 Food Journeys of a Lifetime

November 2009 Cooksister was one of the