About
An experienced and professional chef, who moved from a successful career in restaurants and outside catering to developing products as the Head Development Chef of the UK's largest food manufacturer. Now consults for food manufacturers and retailers on matters of innovation, communication and health. Associate of the Fruition Food Accelerator, supporting nascent food businesses in the North of England.
Blogs as The Angry Chef, exposing lies and pseudoscience in the world of food. Writes about food for The Sunday Times, The Telegraph and New Scientist. Was once asked live on Radio 4's 'The Moral Maze' if he would eat his own dog.
Author of The Angry Chef - Bad Science and the Truth About Healthy Eating, published by Oneworld in July 2017. Winner of the Hearst Big Book Awards Health and Lifestyle Category in 2018, and double nominated by the Guild of Food Writers in the same year. Second book, 'The Truth About Fat' was published by Oneworld in January 2019, and was The Times Book of the Week on release. 'Ending Hunger', the third book in the Angry Chef Trilogy, was published by Oneworld in January 2021.
Career goal is to positively influence the food people eat in this country, and bring the joy of good cookery to as many people as possible. Would have to be really hungry to eat his own dog.
'In a Red Sea of Bullshit, Angry Chef is a modern day Moses and his gospel is worth learning by heart.'
Angry Chef is dedicated to exposing lies, pretentions and ridiculousness in the world of food.
I have been a chef for 25 years and I am passionate about food. With so many bloggers, celebrity chefs, journalists, food writers, food manufacturers fighting for a niche in an increasingly crowded market, lies are being told every day about the food we eat. And people lying about food makes me angry. It makes me angry because they are abusing something I love.
Here are some quotes about Angry Chef -
'A mild mannered nerdy type with a tidy beard' Tim Lewis, Observer Food Monthly.
''The only thing I disliked about this thought provoking book was the perky prose style of the blogger....Puke' Roger Lewis, The Times
'Brutal and meticulous' Olivia Potts, The Spectator
'Have you ever seen such a stupid comment?! Clearly no understanding of what nutritional value means.' Zoe Harcombe, once wrote a comedy book about Candida
'Outspoken, intelligent, well-informed' Prue Leith, Legend.
'Irreverent and intelligent' Professor Steven Pinker (yes, that one).
'Heartfelt and thoughtful, often funny, and, above all, utterly convincing' James Walton, Daily Telegraph.
'Wikipedia is a more reliable source of scientific information than the Angry Dumbass' Person on the Internet.
'The Angry Chef passionately argues that it is because food is such a visceral part of our existence that we want to see paterns in our diet that just aren't there' Eleanor Mills, Sunday Times.
'The Angry Chef deserves to be widely read. It covers all the bases with aplomb. The world needs a popular science book to help people tell the difference between science and opinion' Chris Snowdon, The Spectator.
'Yet this remains a book that will allow you to enjoy food with less guilt; it might even save lives.' Henry Jeffreys, The Guardian
'In a Red Sea of Bullshit, Angry Chef is a modern day Moses and his gospel is worth learning by heart.' Lucy Dunn, The Pool
‘Takes a honed knife to flabby theorising about what makes us fat’ Nature
‘The more people who take Warner seriously the better’ David Aaronovitch, The Times