Nicola provides a complete food styling service. She is experienced in sourcing everything needed to make a great shot, including kitchenware, crockery, backgrounds and ingredients as well as preparing and cooking food/recipes – both her own and those of others. Working with publishers, kitchenware and food companies, retailers, websites and agencies, Nicola has a passion for making food look beautiful as well as taste great.

A styling package of food preparation and/or props and backgrounds can be adapted to suit your specific needs. Nicola can also source and commission suitable photographers. Make use of her collection of backgrounds, plates, glasses, cutlery, cloths and bits, or allow her to source props to suit the style of your brief.

Are you looking for an experienced recipe tester to check whether your dishes work? Or a recipe creative to develop new ideas for your products or services?

Attention to detail is vital when recipe testing, Nicola double-checks every element of each recipe, from timings, ingredients and portion size to accuracy and clarity of method and, most importantly, whether it tastes great.

Working to a brief, budget and schedule, Nicola creates bespoke recipes for major book, magazine and newspaper publishers, websites, agencies, retailers, food producers and kitchenware companies.

Previous clients include: Pavilion, HarperCollins, Dorling Kindersley, Octopus, Little Brown, the Guardian, Sphere, Nourish, Shredded Wheat, Disney, Prestige, Circulon, BBC, Octopus, Pavilion, Scholastic, Weight Watchers, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Great British Bake Off, GMC, Quarto and Watkins, among many others.

Editor and proofreader with the experience and expertise to gauge whether a recipe works and the text is both grammatically and factually correct. Nicola is an experienced editor and proofreader, working with many major publishers, agencies, websites, chefs, retailers and food/kitchen companies. She has the ability to knock a recipe and text into shape, while importantly retaining the author’s voice.

Nicola can provide a full spectrum of services from complete editorial project management to individual stand-alone projects, depending on the commission and your requirements. Initial planning and commissioning, flatplanning, first copy edit, photoshoots, styling, managing and editing layouts in InDesign and final proof stage – no job is too big or too small.

Writer and ghostwriter working with publishers, retailers, food companies, chefs, agencies and websites, Nicola can create bespoke content to fit a brief, budget and schedule. Make use of her extensive experience and knowledge of food and cooking for advertorials, recipes, content, features and product information.

Nicola has many years’ experience ghostwriting books for celebrities, restaurateurs, chefs, retailers and food companies. Previous clients include: Holly Willoughby, Hidden Hut, Great British Bake Off, Bay Tree Company, Busaba, Ella’s Kitchen, Candy Crush, Omari McQueen, Directline, Disney and Weight Watchers.