Cookery Demo Chef & Presenter
Chef Jacqueline has experience presenting both online and in person, and loves to get people fired up about good food! Jacqueline’s infectious enthusiasm, on the spot creativity and sense of humour make her entertaining to watch or listen to, while being knowledgeable, warm and personable. Her formal chef background in Michelin star restaurants and cordon bleu diploma gives her a great grounding across all cookery techniques. She is also an experienced gardener and forager.
Her fields of expertise include seafood, wild game and live fire cookery. She is motivated by her belief that inspiring others to cook and eat in a sustainable way, can make a huge difference not just to our mental and physical health, but also the health of the planet. She has created many engaging recipes and experiences for brands and food events, which showcase a particular ingredient or product. She is a nature enthusiast and believes cooking with outdoors with fire and wild food is the ultimate way to reconnect with the world around us and ourselves.
Her passion and creativity has then seen her on both TV and BBC Radio, including winning the Channel 4 show 'Win it cook it' with Simon Rimmer. She has worked with notable chefs including Nigella Lawson, Anthony Boudain and Ludo Lefebvre, as well as many unsung heros of the hospitality world, crafting her menus and growing her knowledge.
Chef Jacqueline is available for:
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Cookery demonstrations and talks for food festivals and events
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Recipe development, product videos & food photography (professional studio & photographer available)
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Chef presenter roles
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Podcast and radio opportunities
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Social media collaborations
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Content creation
Game, Seafood & Wild Inspiration
Growing up in the countryside near Guildford on a small holding with sheep, chickens, horses and growing vegetables, Jacqueline has always had a close connection with the land.
From shooting wood pigeon and rabbits, to skinning and butchering whole deer, or foraging herbs Jacqueline is a passionate showcasing wild ingredients and educating about the many benefits for both the environment and personal health that this can bring.
Jacqueline has many years experience sea fishing, is a qualified RYA Coastal Skipper and an avid cold water swimmer.
Jacqueline is also proud to be an ambassador for Eat Wild and Sussex Underwater,
Live-Fire & BBQ Cookery
Jacqueline is a regular demo chef and presenter at festivals such as Smoke and Fire (UK's Biggest BBQ Festival) and South Downs Food Festival.
She cooks using her Big Green Egg with great confidence, as well as open wood fire set ups. From low and slow 'fire cracker' briskets with her signature spicy 'Samba Sauce' and wild garlic dauphinoise to hot smoked chalk stream trout with wild fennel and flambé BBQ strawberries, Jacqueline loves to get really creative.
Jacqueline promises buckets of tasters, terrible food puns and a ton of passion and energy on stage, as she tries to change the world, one stomach at a time!
Oh she can also talk AND cook at the same time... always a winner!
Ethical Cooking for Wellbeing
Jacqueline has a keen interest in cooking to enhance mental and physical health and wellbeing. Having studied mindfulness and experienced first hand the transformative power of cooking whole foods and living more in harmony with nature on her own health, she is proud to have found a good work life balance as a mother of two young girls while running her own business. No easy feat - there have been many learning curves! She loves to inspire others to remove Ultra Processed Food from their diets, cook with seasonal, sustainable and regenerative ingredients.
She has mentored many young chefs over the years, and is proud to have created a highly supportive working environment for her growing team.
She is also a member of Pasture for Life and The Sussex Wildlife Trust.
