Food Writing & Recipe Development

As a trained natural chef I bring a unique element to my freelance healthy recipe development and food writing; balancing taste and flavour with a nutritional outlook.   I place seasonal and local foods at the core of my recipes, and am equipped with the knowledge and experience to create free-from, plant-based, or omnivorous recipes to brief.  My portfolio of published work follows;

Natural Kitchen Adventures has a primary ‘blog’ focus of developing recipes.  I do not review products on the blog, though am happy to trial products and give personal feedback outside of this forum, either direct or via my social media channels (reach is currently 11,000).  I have a Media Pack outlining how I work with brands which can be sent out on request.  Please get in touch with me via cerikitchen@socialtalent.co.uk to discuss options.

Portfolio

Recipe Development work for Brands: As a professional freelance healthy recipe developer I have worked  with high profile brands creating bespoke recipes and accompanying photography for on-line and published content to represent the brand.  If you would like to work with me please do get in touch by email to discuss my current rates.  Some examples of my recent work for Debbie&Andrew’s Sausages, Gressingham Duck and Circulon UK are below. I have also worked on a small scale project for Mighty Seeds .

I have worked In kind for the Live Below the Line initiative for the last 2 years.  In April 2014 for the Global Poverty Project on a ‘Whole Foods’ Live Below The Line recipe pack.  In 2015 I acted as a chef ambassador with Action Against Hunger and together we created you tube cookalong videos

Published magazine work recipe development: I have been a regular contributor for seasonal Harvest Magazine since its debut issue in December 2014.  I create seasonal recipes to brief with accompanying introduction.  Other example of published work includes;

• Welsh Cawl for Ocado website (March 2015)
• Sausage stuffing for E9 Magazine (Dec 2014)
• Avocado Bread recipe feature in World of Food’s ‘Baking Heaven Savoury’ Magazine.  Free-from section.  Anthem Publishing. (April 2014),
• The Paleo diet, raw school & Ugg foods review.  Articles in print for Funky Raw Magazine (Autumn/Winter 2012 & 2013)

Guest articles for magazine-style websites:

• 20 thoughts from 30 Days (of yoga) Draze. Yoga Vulture Magazine (April 2015)
• Turn a passion into a career – one Natural Chef’s story Health Bloggers Community (Mar 2015)
• Go Compare: Family Recipes:  Baked Fish and Chips (Jan 2015)
• Welltodo London: Roasted Sprout & Pomegranate Salad (Dec 2014)
• Foodies100: Matcha Ten at Ten (Nov 2014)
• Yoga, Green Juice and Greengrocers: A Health and Wellness Guide to South East London – Guest post for Welltodo London (Sept 2014)
• Foodies100: Paleo Ten at Ten (May 2013)

Guest blog posts : To enrich the blogger community I enjoy the opportunity to write for other bloggers from time to time.  My work can be found by clicking the links below

• The Foodie Diaries A Lighter Tiramisu (May 2015)
• Mindful or mind full?  Some thoughts on mindful eating for The Muffin Myth (Nov 2014)
• My Tamarind Kitchen: Courgette Sweet Aloo (Oct 2014)
• Cinnamon Eats: Matcha Lime Mousse (June 2014)
• Zenbelly: Mediterranean Stuffed Baby Squid, Braised in a Red Pepper Tomato Sauce (Dec 2013)
• DIY Health Blog: Slow Cooker Lamb and Preserved Lemon Stew (Nov 2013)
• momentum-training.com: The 30 day paleo challenge, a recipe for success (July 2013)
• Ren Behan: Subbing Processed Carbs for Colourful Veg (Jan 2013)

Features & interviews

• Feature on healthy eating bloggers: Waitrose Weekend supplement (July 2015)
• Mention in 5 of the best budget food bloggers – and how they helped me live on £1 a day :  Mirror Money (June 2015)
• Sardine & Kale Courgetti / Mini Apple Pies with Nut Pastry Rangemaster Bloggers Cookbook (May 2015)
• Photography Tips for Expert Food Bloggers as part of a How to start a food blog guide (Jan 2015)
• Good Mood Food cooking workshop: Write up of an evening with Natural Chef Ceri Jones with Wonder Woman Workshops UK (Oct 2014)
• Recipe Feature: On-line Cookbook ’24 Restaurant Quality Dishes to Make in your Kitchen’ – Open Cauliflower Sushi Salad Domu (Oct 2014)
• Investigative journalism piece by Rhowena MaCuish: Community cooking class at Made In Hackney.  E9 Magazine (Oct 2014)
• Short piece on my cooking classes – Food Notebook (pg 47) South London’s The Guide (Aug 2014)
• Recipe Feature: Sardine Courgetti with Sultanas & Pine Nuts Tuscany Now (August 2014)
• Demo chef in a Promo Video for College of Naturopathic Medicine, ‘Cooking for Health’ short course (July 2014)
• Food Blogger Connect: Pushing Boundaries with Ceri from Natural Kitchen Adventures (June 2014)
• Morrison’ Supermarket Magazine Blogspot June feature ‘All Natural’ (June 2014)
• Interview feature on frommydiningtable.com: In the Kitchen with Natural Kitchen Adventures (March 2014)
• Featured in dotcomgiftshop.com: Top 10 Christmas Recipes (Nov 2013)
• Interview feature on Londonpaleokitchen.com: Paleo People (Jan 2013)