Thomasina Miers was winner of BBC MasterChef in 2005. She is a cook and food writer whose work has ranged from cheese-making and running market stalls in Ireland to cheffing with Skye Gyngell. In 2007, after living a year in Mexico, she co-founded the restaurant group Wahaca, winner of numerous awards for its food and sustainability credentials; in 2016 it became the first UK restaurant group to go carbon neutral. Tommi has a weekly column in the Saturday Guardian’s Feast magazine, has written and co-edited 7 cookery books (including Home Cook, Faber & Faber; Mexican Food Made Simple, Hodder & Stoughton) and has presented various television cookery programs. She co-founded Chefs in Schools in 2017, for which she is a trustee and was awarded an OBE in 2019 for her services to the food industry. She shops at her local market in keeping with her love for local, seasonal food.

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