Awards
Guild of Food Writers, 2018
AITO Travel Writer Words Nominee, 2019
Faber & Faber Scholarship, 2021
Andre Simon Best Food and Drink Book Award Shortlist, 2022
Society of Authors K. Blundell Trust Award, 2022
"Writing that shows great journalistic integrity
and inspiring story-telling."
- Guild of Food Writers
I’m a writer based between Athens and London. I love playing with words. When I’m not doing that, I’m cooking for friends or out in the world, getting to know new people and places.
I’ve interviewed artist Grayson Perry about bikes. I’ve survived a shouting-at from Miuccia Prada. I’ve been tear gassed at a protest, for the sake of a story.
For my six-year-long project Matriarch Eats, I have travelled the world, from Corfu to Cuba, Moscow to Madrid to cook with and interview grandmothers. The result is my new book, γιαγια : Regional recipes and stories from Greece’s grandmothers published by Hardie Grant in 2023 and Grand Dishes: time perfected recipes and stories from grandmothers of the world published in 2021.
You can find my words on food and travel in Konfekt, Monocle, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The New York Times.
I am represented by The Blair Partnership.