Christopher Hirst is a freelance food journalist. He was a columnist, feature writer and restaurant reviewer for The Independent, a columnist for Intelligent Life and also contributes pub reviews for the Daily Telegraph’s Pint to Pint column. In 2005, he won the Glenfiddich award for Food Writer and won the Fortnum & Mason award for Food Writer in 2013. His book Love Bites: Marital Skirmishes in the Kitchen was published in 2010.

Carolyn is a freelance food journalist. The former food editor of the Saturday Telegraph magazine and food editor of the Lady Magazine, she is now a contributing editor for the Telegraph Saturday magazine and has written for, amongst other publications, Conde Nast Traveller, Marie Claire magazine, The Mail, The Guardian and The Independent (where she was gardening and design editor). She has written two cookbooks, Cooks Books and Much Depends on Dinner and co-authors a food blog, What We Cooked Today. Blogspot.com, with her daughter Sophie.

Emma Hagestadt is a food journalist and book reviewer. A regular contributor to The Independent, she has also written for The Guardian and the food pages of The Saturday Telegraph magazine. She has previously worked for Gourmet magazine and Marie Claire.