Julie Friend

I love Asian food - Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese - all of those fresh, aromatic flavours get my mouth watering just thinking about them. This selection of greens in the market in Hong Kong, just had me wanting to whip the wok out immediately, fry a few up and submerge...

As lockdown was announced I, like many in my industry, watched as my freelance chef work fell like dominoes from my diary. Thankfully, I had some regular writing work still for Kent Life magazine, but that was about it – parties, weddings and supper clubs were...

I started playing around with botanicals in foods for The Tiny Table, as I really wanted to bring that sense of ‘eating your surroundings’ into the dishes I served. I am immensely lucky to live where I do as I am surrounded by fields of edibles and very often don’t...

This simple dessert is perfect at the end of a barbecue whilst you still have some heat left in the coals, but you can make it successfully indoors on a griddle pan. One of those plates of food which is somehow so much greater than the sum of its parts. Ideal after my...

I have put this under the 'Laugh often' section as the MasterChef process was really one of the best things I have ever experienced, great fun and ultimately it has changed my life. From Loyd through to some of my judges - John Prescott, Shaun Hill, Anton Edelman -...

  This is the most delicious sourdough loaf made by my big sister Rita. She is as competitive as I am and when she sets her mind to start something new she goes for it big time and wants to be the very best. She loved sourdough bread but couldn't find anything...