Gemma Toulson from the Nottingham Post writes about my trip to the Tastemade studios in Santa Monica, LA in May 2014. We talk about how I'm feeling about my first time recording in professional kitchen studios.

We also cover the story of how my Youtube cooking channel came about and what it is that inspired me to get started. Read the full article by clicking on the image below.

Hi, and here is my first wine review for the Central England Cooperative We Like Wine Blog. My first review is for a lovely bottle of white Sauvignon Blanc wine from the Stovehaven Estate in South Africa. I always veer towards South African Wines, especially after the name of this one rang a bell after a recent trip to Cape Town in April. Stonehaven was one if the estates we visited as part of our jam-packed wine tasting tour!

If you're a bit of a baker and you're looking to buy a food mixer, then hopefully my review of the Scraper Mixer Pro by Sage and Heston Blumenthal will come in useful.

The food mixer comes with a number of attachments. Including a dough hook, beater, scraper beater, a wire whisk and a splash guard. To add to that, the stainless steel bowl has a 4.7 litre capacity and comes with a handle.

Here is my latest product review for The Boss superblender by Sage and Heston Blumenthal. Be sure to watch my review video below.

The blender does everything you'd expect from a usual food mixer, but what I think sets it apart is that it has presets. So if you're making something in particular like a soup, it will adjust the timings and speeds during the cycle to hopefully make it just how you like it.

Here is my latest product review for the Ingenio range of Tefal saucepans.

The Ingenio range offer a pretty generous helping of pans, including:

I'm going to be giving you my unbiased opinion of my brand new kitchen gadget - The Tefal Optigrill. Firstly I'm going to explain some of the features of the grill and how it works in my review.

So here's some exciting news! I (with my Partner) are through to the next round of applying for an upcoming couples episode of Come Dine with Me.

So for the past few days I've been suffering from a sore throat, blocked nose, and other general symptoms of the winter nights drawing in. When I'm ill I always do my hardest to steer clear of medicines until I absolutely need them.

First video collaboration

So this month saw my first ever video collaboration since joining the Tastemade food network. It was with Jana Gerber from all the way over in Switzerland.

OK, so I know it's usual to get Halloween out of the way first, but in my opinion, it's never too early to start thinking about Christmas recipes. After all, there's a lot to look forward too - Mulled wine, Mince pies, Christmas pudding and that all important piece de resistance, the Christmas dinner itself.

So I thought I'd do a round up of some of my favourite Christmas recipes (if only for research purposes at this stage of the year)!