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I love good food and I especially love local, seasonal produce. The Delicate Diner captures some of the amazing food and producers I have met through recipes, interviews, and reviews. I appeared on MasterChef in 2019 and enjoy doing cooking demos across the UK. Contact me to find out more – including my debut novel, Sandstorm! (See below)

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One of the amazing plates of food we enjoyed last

One of the amazing plates of food we enjoyed last night @ristoranteportgaravan in @villedementon

Being on the Mediterranean, seafood is in abundance here and this dish was octopus with olives and potatoes, and a zingy apple purée on the side.

I am in France with some of my other businesses - @thearabianmagazine and @samantha_mattocks - but that doesn't stop me searching out good food along the way!

It was a croque kind of day @the_boars today - pos

It was a croque kind of day @the_boars today - possibly the best I have ever had! Super crunchy and loaded with cheese bechamel, it was perfect for an alfresco lunch in their lovely garden.

What a wonderful local Mediterranean-inspired feas

What a wonderful local Mediterranean-inspired feast for Father's Day!

I took inspiration from the ever fabulous @dianahenryfood plus @foodandtraveled magazine and the flatbread recipe from @fireandfeastsuffolk to create this delicious spread.

The lamb was from @palfreyandhall sourced from a small family estate and was butterflies and marinated on herbs and @odysea_ltd Greek extra virgin olive oil before cooking.

The tomato and cannellini bean salad was the Diana Henry recipe that caught my eye last week, and alongside it was an adaptation of Food and Travel magazine's courgette and lemon salad, made using freshly podded beans and peas from @giddensthompson and topped with @rosarygoatscheese from @earshamstdeli

It was all extremely delicious, and a lovely way to enjoy the taste of the Med during the height of summer.

The lamb and flatbreads were cooked on our @outbackbbqs #MealoftheMonth

One question I am increasingly asked is - "when ar

One question I am increasingly asked is - "when are you going to do your own cookbook?" I have just sat in the garden and gone through the many recipes I have written down and I it seems I have quite a collection.

So that got me to thinking... Should I do a cookbook by The Delicate Diner - and would you be interested in buying it?

#cookbook #thedelicatediner #eastanglia #familyfood #keepdreaming #weekendthoughts #foodiesofeastanglia #foodiesofinstagram #upmygame #foodphotography

Part of my Father's Day Mediterranean feast - cour

Part of my Father's Day Mediterranean feast - courgettes with freshly podded peas, double-podded broad beans, and herbed Rosary goat cheese. I love these flavours, and the goat cheese was a wonderful alternative to my much-loved feta. A good drench of Greek kalamata extra virgin olive oil and a squeeze of lemon, and this refreshing summer salad is good to go!

I am loving these tomatoes from @giddensthompson -

I am loving these tomatoes from @giddensthompson - roasted with @yarevalleyoils cold-pressed rapeseed oil, and being added to cannellini beans to make the delicious salad @dianahenryfood shared a couple of days ago. All part of my Mediterranean feast for Fathers Day.

What else to do on the hottest day of the year tha

What else to do on the hottest day of the year than throw some prawns on the barbie?

The perfectly imperfect photo... I tried @yorkshi

The perfectly imperfect photo...

I tried @yorkshirepasta tortiglioni for the first time tonight and safe to say, I am now a huge fan! All the lightness of fresh pasta but without the clag of traditional, mass-produced dried pasta.

I threw together some ingredients: courgette, pepper, tomatoes, crème fraiche, tomato purée and chilli flakes, then added king prawns at the last minute and finishing with lemon oil.

It was delicious. The photo isn't great, but life isn't perfect and neither should your grid be.

I cannot wait to cook this again - and maybe a prettier photo next time!

Sunday morning breakfast goals - bacon from @goodi

Sunday morning breakfast goals - bacon from @goodiesfoodhall amazing hot Black Beauty mustard from @montys_mustards eggs from down the road, plus tomatoes and local field mushrooms from @eastersnorwich Just add lashings of @novusteauk Egyptian mint tea and that is a new week off to a great start! #keepingitlocal

When your best friend's cat buys you your favourit

I think these potatoes are my new favourite thing!

I think these potatoes are my new favourite thing! Local new potatoes, sliced and par-boiled, and then added to a rich, homemade tomato sauce with @oldhallfarm raw Jersey mascarpone. Oh my days - just too good! I may even share the recipe if enough of you would like it?

Served alongside was @farmisonuk lamb gigot steaks, a fabulous freezer find, some @portwoodasparagus and the whole dish was finished with my favourite @y@yarevalleyfarmshop cold-pressed lemon rapeseed oil.

A perfect summer supper - but especially so when the days are grey and you need the little bit of extra comfort. Yum!

#dinner #inspiration #foodie #foodphotography #comfortfood #potatoes #mascarpone #lamb #summerdish #masterchefuk #mykitchen #atmytable #whatimcooking #familyfood #supper #lovegoodfood #dinnerinspo #foodblogger #recipe #foodwriter #foodiesofig

I am channelling the wonderful @her_dark_materials

I am channelling the wonderful @her_dark_materials with this shot - @brickpizza_norwich with @colstonbassettdairy stilton, parma ham, and figs. A perfect supper for #platinumpartyatthepalace

My 2022 Jubilee cake - not the greatest photo but

My 2022 Jubilee cake - not the greatest photo but I just know this will taste amazing!

My @moongazerale Chocolate Bouchart cake with pecans, drunken cherries, @oldhallfarm raw Jersey mascarpone and A2 cream whipped together, and some rainer cherries to decorate - as why not!

I am looking forward to a slice of this later!

I am busy in the kitchen preparing for our Jubilee

I am busy in the kitchen preparing for our Jubilee party tomorrow - and I'd love to know what you are cooking! Let me know in the comments below x

#jubilee #baking #cooking #party #longweekend #letmeknowbelow #thedelicatediner #cookinginspo

A lovely summery dinner tonight - complete with th

A lovely summery dinner tonight - complete with thunderstorms outside earlier!

Sardines from Earsham Street Fish Company with a beautiful, smokey, Spanish inspired ragu - tomato, chorizo, paprika, oregano.

@sallyjones1976 I think you may like this one!

Sunday night calls for an easy dinner. I am headin

Sunday night calls for an easy dinner. I am heading to the end of one deadline, and the start of another, so a one-tray summer roast was perfect for this evening.

Chicken supreme from @farmisonuk with a load of veggies from @eastersnorwich - local new potatoes, fennel, garlic, red pepper and courgette. I added some @yarevalleyoils rapeseed oil, sea salt, oregano, garlic pepper - my @schwartz.uk addiction - and white wine. In the oven for an hour, with a few minutes foil off at the end to brown the chicken, then just add @odysea_ltd feta for the perfect rainy summer day meal!

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Fish and chips are a luxury in our house. We so ra

Fish and chips are a luxury in our house. We so rarely have them but when we do, I like to do them well!

I love a beer batter, and my favourite is when I use @moongazerale Jackalope - its ginger notes add so much flavour to what is already a delicious dish.

The fish was cod, as recommended by Cliff from Earsham Street Fish Company, and it was wonderfully crisp - with extra scraps on the side.

As for the chips, they were homemade and cooked in the oven with @yarevalleyoils cold-pressed rapeseed oil, generously sprinkled with @maldonsalt

A perfect way to enjoy National Fish & Chip Day!

Tickets still available for my Midsummer MasterChe

Tickets still available for my Midsummer MasterChef pop up @oldhallfarm to raise money for @norfolkandnorwichhospital Boudicca Appeal. Come and join me and @mark_howroyd from @mtplates_uk for a fun and delicious evening - link in bio!

I'm back on the @outbackbbqs tonight, and have coo

I'm back on the @outbackbbqs tonight, and have cooked this superb piece of 32 day dry aged wing rib from @farmisonuk I am now waiting impatiently for the veggies to cook on the barbeque - new potatoes and asparagus - and then we can tuck in with a glass of my favourite @erathwines Pinot Noir. Cheers!

I love that I popped out of the office today for a

I love that I popped out of the office today for an appointment, and came back to find my parents had gone to @earshamstdeli and left their 'tart day' tart on my desk. It is always the little things that mean so much 🧡

The first barbecue of the season, and what better

The first barbecue of the season, and what better way to kick off than with this incredible pork rib-eye from @hollowtreesfarm in Suffolk? I saw this when I was there last weekend and I just knew I had to try it.

I am so glad I did! The pork was so tender and succulent, and full of flavour, having been marinaded in oregano, rosemary, lavender, parsley and dill.

Alongside were new potatoes in garlic butter, tomatoes, asparagus and halloumi, all done on the barbecue and all the veggies were local.

It was a delicious way to start al fresco dining! Have a great weekend all, and don't forget to let me know what's on your plate x

One of the delicious lettuces @starlingsfruitandfl

One of the delicious lettuces @starlingsfruitandflorists yesterday - it has just to come home with me for my lunch today!

A cracking breakfast @peacockinnchelsworth this mo

A cracking breakfast @peacockinnchelsworth this morning! The black pudding was among the best I have had and the eggs were perfect. Is it wrong that I am already looking forward to breakfast tomorrow morning before we head home?

A long weekend means a chance to play with pasta,

A long weekend means a chance to play with pasta, and this is my first attempt at bucatini - a thicker spaghetti with a hole in the middle. I used my @kitchenaid_uk pasta shape attachment from @geraldgiles.co.uk and I am pleased with how this turned out.

I enriched the dough with a drop of extra virgin olive oil from @tuscanfarmshop - I love this oil, so verdant and green, and it adds so much to my dishes every time I use it.

I served the bucatini with beautiful British asparagus and a freezer raid of frozen peas and @farmisonuk pancetta. The sauce was crème fraiche based, with a zing of lemon running through it as well.

This was a delicious dinner for a bank holiday weekend, why not make it this week using your pasta of choice?

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