Karen Chef Profile

About me

Karen is creative freelance food writer with a passion for local and seasonal produce. Her love of seasonal food and recipes stems from her early childhood whilst observing her grandmother and mother’s cookery skills, both in rural Northumberland and whilst living overseas in South Africa and Hong Kong. She is widely travelled and has embraced all manner of foods, cookery techniques, cultures and traditions, all of which are beautifully portrayed in her writing style and atmospheric photos. Karen has cooked in numerous high-end restaurants in Europe and the United States of America, as well as running her own restaurant in the Mediterranean. She currently shares her time between rural North Yorkshire and South West France, where she develops new recipes, researches historical food, holds regular Cookery Schools and runs a Bed and Breakfast specialising in local seasonal fare.