It’s 7am on a Sunday and the three-story house in Teddington is already filled with the rich aroma of Nonna’s ragu! The preparations for the usual Sunday family feast have begun.

Being an inquisitive 5-year-old, I HAD to know how that magic sauce was made! Thus began a lifelong passion for food and flavor! I spent my whole life learning from my Nonna, Nonno, and Italian aunties, replicating our family recipes that had been handed down for generations from the family village of Minori on the Amalfi coast.

Growing up, I was that friend who would always cook after a night out, that colleague who came into work with a plate of deliciousness, and to this day, I cannot get enough of sharing my culinary magic.

I now run a sellout food festival, I demo at many other festivals and events across the UK, as well as running a cookery school where you too can learn authentic Italian cooking.