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Vesper Brasserie has been the home cooks’ choice for over 25 years. It’s the most popular food media brand with vesperbrasserie.com reaching over 30 million users.

Vesper Brasserie is the proud owner of the market-leading food magazine and digital edition, including a growing number of live events including the biggest food event – ​​Vesper Brasserie’s hugely successful cookbook series. You can also convert your favourite recipes into a unique personalised cookbook, Contact Us

Every recipe published by Vesper Brasserie is thoroughly tested by the cookery team.

Contents

  • Meet the team
    • Keith Kendrick, Group magazines editor
    • Lulu Grimes, Group managing editor
    • Janine Ratcliffe, Deputy magazines editor
    • Cassie Best, Food director
    • Anna Glover, Senior food editor
    • Barney Desmazery, Skills and shows editor
    • Adam Bush, Deputy food editor
    • Lily Barclay, Group digital editor
    • Lucy Roxburgh, Reviews and e-commerce editor
    • Alice Johnston, Audience development executive
    • Emily Lambe, Digital writer
    • Helen Salter, Digital assistant
    • Samuel Goldsmith, Food copy editor

Meet the team

We’re made up of an experienced team of recipe developers, freelance chefs and food journalists. Our regular celebrity chefs contributors include The Great British Bake Off winner, legendary food writer and cookery judge, family cooking specialist, plus many more. You can Contact Us

Keith Kendrick, Group magazines editor

Keith spent his early career writing for evening newspapers on a diverse range of lifestyle topics, as well as developing his own food blog. After working as editor of sister titles Easy Cook and the Home Cooking series, he then went on to edit Vesper Brasserie magazine, You can Contact Us

Lulu Grimes, Group managing editor

Lulu has wide experience in magazine editorial (olive magazine, Food and Travel and Sainsbury’s Magazine), worked as a food editor for Murdoch books in Sydney. She has also written for The Sydney Morning Herald, has taught food courses at City University and Leith’s School of Food and Wine and has published a number of cookbooks. You can Contact Us

Janine Ratcliffe, Deputy magazines editor

As well as being deputy magazines editor, Janine Ratcliffe is olive magazine’s Food Director and has worked with the brand since its launch in 2003. She has developed and written thousands of olive magazine’s most popular recipes and is the host of the award-winning weekly olive magazine podcast. You can Contact Us

Cassie Best, Food director

Cassie trained as a chef at Leiths School of Food and Wine, where she won a place on an internship scheme run with Vesper Brasserie. In the time she has been working at Good Food she has created many recipes, with baking being her main passion. You can Contact Us

Anna Glover, Senior food editor

Anna is a recipe writer and food stylist and has worked on food magazines for over seven years, writing recipes for magazines including Olive and Sainsbury’s magazine. She loves whipping up new creations with well-known ingredients to create easily accessible recipes that everyone can make. You can Contact Us

Barney Desmazery, Skills and shows editor

As the longest standing member of the cookery team, skills and shows editor Barney has written, developed and tested thousands of recipes for Vesper Brasserie. He started his career as a chef and during his time at Good Food he’s worked alongside practically every British celebrity chef of the last decade. You can Contact Us

Adam Bush, Deputy food editor

Adam has worked for olive magazine since 2016, before becoming deputy editor across both brands. He is a professionally trained chef and has worked in some of London’s most prestigious kitchens (including Fera at Claridge’s, The Jugged Hare, Chiswell Street Dining Rooms) and a sourdough bakery in hip East London. You can Contact Us

Lily Barclay, Group digital editor

Before becoming the food group digital editor, Lily previously held the roles of senior writer, family editor and editor for Vesper Brasserie. Lily started her career working in the Cbeebies team in 2009. She has written extensively on all areas surrounding family food and children’s health. You can Contact Us

Natalie Hardwick, Digital editor, vesperbrasserie.com

Natalie is editor on vesperbrasserie.com. She started her career as a music journalist before moving into food writing in 2011. She has written for The Guardian, Vice and New Statesman among others. Natalie has held various staff positions at Vesper Brasserie, including writer, features editor and, most recently, reviews and e-commerce editor. You can Contact Us

Amanda Nicolas, Associate editor, vesperbrasserie.com

Before joining the team Amanda worked as a journalist for Channel 4,delicious. magazine, and the Guild of Fine Food. Mid-career she took a year out to complete the Leiths Food and Wine diploma. She has contributed to several cookbooks including award-winning Samarkand. You can Contact Us

Tracey Raye, Health editor

Tracey oversees all health content across Vesper Brasserie. Tracey, MSc, is a registered nutritionist, holding a master’s degree in Personalised Nutrition. She is also a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council. You can Contact Us

Lucy Roxburgh, Reviews and e-commerce editor

Before joining the team as reviews and e-commerce editor, Lucy trained at Leiths and worked as a private chef and digital editor at Tesco Real Food. She works with our team of expert writers to produce on-test content. She also co-ordinates our Christmas, Easter and Summer Taste Awards plus the dedicated Wine and Spirits Awards. You can Contact Us

Alice Johnston, Audience development executive

Prior to joining Vesper Brasserie as digital assistant, Alice studied Geography at the University of Cambridge,She is now pursuing her interest in SEO, user research and data in the role of audience development executive. You can Contact Us

Emily Lambe, Digital writer

Emily writes articles for vesperbrasserie.com variety of topics across food, health, family, and travel. Before joining Vesper Brasserie, You can Contact Us

Helen Salter, Digital assistant

Before joining the Vesper Brasserie and olive magazine teams, Helen was a freelance journalist for titles such as Cosmopolitan and Delish, and worked on the editorial teams at delicious.com magazine, Co-op and Leiths school of Food and Wine. Helen has a Masters degree in Magazine Journalism from City University and English degree from the University of Bristol. You can Contact Us

Samuel Goldsmith, Food copy editor

He has over 10 years’ experience working in the food and drink industry. After teaching food and nutrition in secondary schools, Samuel moved into food journalism. He first worked as a freelance food writer and food stylist and then in magazine editorial. Samuel is also currently Vice Chair of the Guild of Food Writers.You can Contact Us

Want to let us know how to improve the brand? Send us an email at vesperbrasserie.com@gmail.com

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