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Founder/bestselling👨‍🍳📚 author @lifekitchencookery
🗞️ Recipe Columnist @the.independent
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CROWNE PLAZA VLOG

A Saturday night in Newcastle upon Tyne 🍸🏙️✨

We headed back to the @crowneplazancl for a night in the Toon, and this time we got to enjoy it as guests after getting married here last year! 🥂

From the views over Newcastle and happy hour drinks in the Club Lounge to an unreal dinner at Hawthorns, a few drinks with our mate Ryan and a proper night out in the city… this was a Saturday well spent! 🍻

We even recreated one of our wedding day photos while we were there, before rounding off our stay with a much-needed breakfast and many ginger shots (MUCH NEEDED) the next morning. 😂

If you’re looking for a Newcastle hotel, a weekend in Newcastle upon Tyne or ideas for a UK city break, this is one to add to your list. Great views, lovely food and the perfect base for a night out in Newcastle!

Thanks to Crowne Plaza and IHG for having us — we had an absolute class time! 🙌

*Gifted stay with @crowneplaza and @ihghotels .

#NewcastleUponTyne #UKTravelCreator #HotelReview #HotelPR #GiftedStay

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The Chefs Kitchen @thebig_retreat_cambridgeshire

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Team Carfest 2026 💪🙌❤️

Had the best time with the best people (minus my youngest who was at Leeds Festival!).

So great to see so many friends & to meet some new ones!

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@willowairhart_
@louistalksfooty
@josephnesbittlarking
@phil_haines
@samandshaunaofficial
@bignathsbbq
@_thehungryguy
@cherish_finden
@jose_pizarro
@drpeter.notes
@juliabradbury
@the_wandering_cumbrian
@markwogan13
@chefatulkochhar
@our_cookingjourney
@eatwithellen
@munchkinhan
@charliecharcoaloven
@ryanrileyy
@pingcoombes

@carfestevent

#festival #team #summer #friends #goodtimes ❤️

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Where do I begin @carfestevent ?

I hosted, spoke, listened, danced ,ate, laughed, ran, swam and made a bucket full of memories.

Highlights for me was hosting a panel … and the dancing my socks off to @rpjband @realsirtomjones @jessiej @therealgokwan @sophieellisbextor

Too many friends to mention that partied with me but a huge shout out to those who jumped with me endlessly at the front of the stage @thebodycoach @thehappypear @annamarie.gough @ryanrileyy @sophie_rowe_ham @charlottesdavey

To my roomie and general partner in crime @emmab_radio I love you 🥰(baby shark)

To the amazing team and everyone who works so hard to make it all happen, thank you for making it all incredible.

Here’s to 2027 …🥰

#carfest

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Today I took to the live cookery stage at Scarborough Seafest👩🏻‍🍳🐟to showcase education catering using locally sourced Salmon and Cod, all cooked to our standards.

Sadly no photos while I was cooking, and I even had to snap a photo of my finished dishes off one of the audiences phones! Trust me the line for the tasters was huge.

Today’s dishes comprised of -

🐟 Tikka Spiced Salmon, Citrus Rice, Onion Bhaji Crumb and Crispy Curried Chickpea Wrap with a Herby Lime Drizzle.

🐠Tikka Spiced Salmon (as above) with a Mango, Pepper and Butternut Squash Salsa Bowl.

🎣Garlic and Citrus Greek on the Street Cod Flatbread with Roasted Pepper, Garlic and Butternut Squash Pesto topped Flatbread.

I think the tasters went down well cos there was nothing left! Plus I now have to write up the recipes!

I recieved an extra special welcome, had the honour of meeting @ryanrileyy from @lifekitchencookery . I have to say what an inspirational young man, who is changing lives with his cooking 👏👏(Please give him a google if you are not aware of his story), I also met his very proud Dad!

Thank you to @irenemyers3825 for your continued belief and support when I grace your live stages.

I am so lucky to showcase what we do and have discussions around catering for the pupils we serve.

#fresh #locallysourced #greatschoolfood 👩🏻‍🍳

NYES @theschoolfoodpeople

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Looking for something to do this weekend? Scarborough Seafest 2026 is the place to be! ✨When? From Friday 17th July - Sunday 19th July ✨Where? Scarborough Spa, South Bay, Scarborough ✨Admission? FREE ENTRY! There is a packed programme of activities and an exciting line up of chefs, including the headliner renowned chef and food writer Ryan Riley BEM pictured here! For more details, take a look at The Scarborough Spa's Instagram tagged in the first post!

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A summery #throwbackthursday filming in the radiant sunshine with the brilliant @ryanrileyy ☀️

We were filming for my TV series, ‘Restaurants of London’ and it was one of my favourite afternoons of the shoot. Ryan’s incredible food journey was inspiring to hear. Check out the series on Amazon Video! 😘

#tvseries #foodpresenter #amazonvideo

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What an incredible 36 hours at The Big Retreat.

A weekend built around movement, outdoors, connection and community, and I feel so inspired (and very lucky) to have been part of it.

One of the biggest highlights for me was creating spaces and conversations around rebuilding confidence and capability after cancer and illness, and seeing people realise that movement and strength can still belong to them.

We had some brilliant conversations, an amazing Practical Strength session, and so many moments that reminded me why this work matters so much.

Huge thank you to all the incredible people involved across the weekend — including the brilliant Ryan Riley (@ryanrileyy from Life Kitchen @lifekitchencookery ), whose work and energy are so inspiring.

And an especially big thank you to my partner in crime Erika (@stein_erika83) for coming along despite her fear of camping, carrying half my life around the festival site, and generally keeping me sane all weekend.

Also a huge thank you to the amazing Jane Wake (@janewakeuk) for all the advice, guidance and encouragement — and for stepping in as my unofficial sound engineer and in-class spotter when needed.

Very tired. Very inspired. Very grateful.

#wellnessjourney #exerciseaftercancer #cancerandexercise #festival #exerciseaftercancer

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Cheers to @libbybrodie and @annalancastertherapy who recently had the brilliant @ryanrileyy on their @theinnertablepodcast and a wonderful conversation over Elton John Zero 🥂

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The Inner Table - The art of living well 🎙️ This is the podcast for people who want to live fully, not perfectly 🍷✨

Earlier this week, I made my way to the London Century Club to celebrate the launch of the podcast and its two brilliant founders. As the sun dipped over the city, we soaked in rooftop views, great wine, and even better company.

Hosted by wine expert Libby Brodie and subconscious specialist Anna Lancaster, the podcast brings together voices from hospitality, lifestyle, and wellbeing to explore what balance, pleasure, and intentional living really look like in the real world.

“Because wellbeing isn’t just about what you remove, it’s about what you choose to include.”

New episodes every week, go check it out on Apple Podcasts or wherever you usually listen 🎧 @theinnertablepodcast

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The Fortnum and Masons Awards at The Royal Exchange is always the glitziest, most glamorous night of the year in the food calendar. And last night, after my 3 nominations - the very first for a food podcast back in 2017 for the delicious podcast, two for Cooking the Books, this 4th for The Food Foundation Podcast was particularly special because it was with my team.

Ok, so we didn’t win, but being shortlisted with two BBC programmes, The Food Chain and The Kitchen Cabinet, this plucky podcast featuring the loudest voices changing way we eat in the UK, and made on my dining room table can feel very proud indeed.

And as you can hear on this week’s Cooking the Books episode with Fortnums judge and previous winner, Marie Mitchell, all that glitters on this fairytale of a night is actually solid gold.

The shortlist pulls together another year of remarkable writing, programme making, photography and content creation. That Stuart Gillespie with his book ‘Food Fight’ and The Food Foundation podcast should be up there too says something really important about the conversations we’re having about food in the UK.

Shiny happy people, we may have been in this glorious party of peers, but the quality of food stories and campaigning for better is what will last longer than the hangovers.

Keep it up, party people. Throw your love around. Put it in the ground where the flowers grow.

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