About the Author

John Whaite takes part in the 2021 series of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing and is the show's first all-male pairing. He won the third series of The Great British Bake Off, and now runs his own cookery school, John Whaite's Kitchen. His book Comfort: Food to soothe the soul, was chosen as Book of the Year by BBC Radio 4's Food Programme. John was a resident chef on ITV's Lorraine for 4 years and is currently resident chef and guest presenter on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch. He has written for the Daily Telegraph, Delicious Magazine and Waitrose Weekend and is a regular chef for Waitrose TV.