Frances Bissell

Frances Bissell is the author of many books and was The Times' food writer for thirteen years. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications in Britain, and she has been widely featured in the international press, including The New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, Boston Globe, Le Figaro, Bangkok Post and El Diario de Jerez, and magazines such as Taste, A la Carte, Victoria and Food Arts. She has written and presented two television series based in the West Country and appeared on a variety of TV shows in North America.

She has received the Glenfiddich Award for Cookery Writer of the Year in Britain, while her Book of Food won a James Beard Foundation Award in America. Frances Bissell has been guest chef in some of the world's leading hotels and restaurants, including the Café Royal Grill Room in London, the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong, the George V in Paris and The Mark in New York. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts.