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About

PR policy

 I’m  available for writing and photography commissions on food and travel. Contact me at marmitelover@mac.com. I accept foreign travel opportunities and press trips.

You can send me products and I may mention them. I do accept books for review, although it may take some time.

Journalism

For writing and photography commissions, get in touch at marmitelover@mac.com. I write mainly about food and travel (with fluent French, good Spanish), interior design, politics, film, motherhood, feminism and dating.

I have written for The Independent, The Guardian, House and Garden, Metro and write a monthly food column for the Ham and High, The Islington Gazette and Hackney Gazette, plus a wine column for winetrust100.co.uk.

Consultation, recipes and supper clubs

I create recipes and themed supper clubs for food and drink clients. Please get in touch with me if you would like my rates. I’m also available for menu consultation for restaurants, particularly vegetarian/vegan options.

Clients

British Organic Carrots
Spanish Persimmons
The Avocado Brotherhood
Douwe Egberts
Marmite
Cyprus Potatoes
Jersey Royals
Sony Pictures ‘Eat, Play, Love’
Ocado
The Soil Association/Organic foods
Bestival and Camp Bestival
Castello
Good Food Channel
South African Stone Fruit
The Grocer
Vital Arts Renal diet recipes
Wine Trust 100
Provence wine UK
Twinings
Fresh Herbs UK
American consulate
Marks & Spencers

Media appearances

I have appeared on TV several times on all the main terrestrial channels, recently presenting a segment on entertaining for BBC2’s Food and Drink show with Michel Roux Jnr. I have also appeared on radio from the Chris Evans show, to Woman’s Hour and BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme. In 2017, I contributed reportage to a programme on porridge. For a full list, please check out Press.

Photography

Originally I come from a visual arts background and trained as a photographer (kerstinrodgers.com), having had a number of exhibitions in Paris, Chartres and London. Starting out as a teenage photographer at the New Musical Express, my work has been published in all the main newspapers and magazines. My photography library is kept by Getty Images. An exhibition of my rock back catalogue is planned. The hit song ‘My Girl’s Mad at Me‘ by Madness was written about me. In 2018, my photographs were exhibited at the Getty Image Library exhibition ‘Beat Positive‘.

If you would like to commission me to photograph food, portraits, travel or. books or buy any of my photos, email marmitelover@mac.com.

Please do not use my photographs without my permission.

Bio

I launched the supper club/pop-up/underground restaurant movement in the UK in 2009 with my supper club The Underground Restaurant. Since then, hundreds of supper clubs have started in London and around the UK. My site Find a Supper Club is the central online resource for supper clubs to advertise their dates and locations.

I specialise in food, drink and travel. I’m a chef, recipe creator, author, blogger, photographer and social media influencer.

Awards

2014 Winner, best online food writer Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink awards
2014 Winner, Britmums outstanding blogger award
2014 Shortlistee, Pink Lady Food photography awards, Food in action section
2014 Shortlistee, European Street Food awards – best drink (home made root beer) and best dessert (pecan pie)
2013 Winner, Guild of Food Writers best blog of the year award
2012 Shortlistee, Guild of Food Writers best blog of the year award
2010 Evening Standard’s 1000 most influential people in London
2010 Shortlistee, London Restaurant Festival awards, for ‘One person’s passion’ award

Books

Supper Club: recipes and notes from the underground restaurant (Harper Collins, 2011)

MsMarmitelover’s Secret Tea Party (Square Peg, November 2014)

Get Started in Food Writing (Hodder Staughton, June 2015)

V is for Vegan (Quadrille, April 2015) (USA, 2016)

Organic Carrot cookbook (Red publications 2019)

Markets/events

A passionate believer in the punk philosophy of DIY but applied to food, I innovated The Underground Farmer’s Market to encourage small producers and food businesses to sell their wares. Some markets take place at night, incorporate music and a foodie dragon’s den, where a panel of experts give advice.

Talks and demonstrations

2018: Food demonstrations at Willesden Library for City Read.

2018: Vegan Christmas canapés at Eat, Drink Show, Olympia.

2017: Food demonstrations at Brent Libraries.

2017: Food demonstrations, vegetarian Christmas at Eat, Drink Show, London.

2015: Talk on the sharing economy in Athens, along with Airbnb, Uber.

2013 and 2015: talks at Food Blogger Connect, London.

2014: Talk on fantasy themed supper clubs for Nine Worlds Geek Fest. 

2013: Organised and headed Guardian masterclass on How to set up a supper club.

2013: Supper clubs, a journey at  The Lost Lectures

2013: Demonstration at Veg Fest, London.

2013: I gave a talk at The Apple Store, London, for School of Grazia.

2013: Talk about ‘A guide to Good Taste’ for Innocent Drinks, London.

2012: food trends for BBC World.

2012: Talk about ‘salt’ for  The Monday Club at The Assembly

2012: Talk ‘Tomorrow’s Table’ Global Food and Drink Summit for The Food People

2012: panel on Social Media for Editorial Intelligence

2012: Talk at the V & A

2011 to 14: Brit Mums Live conference: food styling and photography workshops, talking about copyright. 

2010-11: talks for the Women’s Institute

Judging

2017: Judge at the Great Taste Awards and the British Cheese Awards.

2015: I appeared on Celebrity Masterchef, judging afternoon tea.

2015: Judge for Indigo Hotels local food business competition.

2012 -2014: Judge at Young British Foodie awards for ‘the most irreverent chef’.

2013: Judge in the section ‘vegetable’ for the YBF awards along with Bruno Loubet and Simon Rogan.

2012: Judge for Editorial Intelligence journalism ‘online political commentator’ awards 2012

2012: Judge of Best parent/food blogger at the Britmums Conference 2012. 

Gardening/food workshops

Along with my colleague Zia Mays, I run Secret Garden Club, designed to promote the links between growing and cooking.

Blog header credit

The paintings were created by Margaret Rodgers. 

Email: margaretrodgers@me.com


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MsMarmiteLover aka Kerstin Rodgers.

Chef, photographer, author, journalist, blogger. Pioneer of the supperclub movement.

This is my food and travel blog, with recipes, reviews and travel stories. I also stray into politics, feminism, gardening.

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Midsummer supperclub 17th June book tickets here h Midsummer supperclub 17th June book tickets here https://msmarmitelover.com/product/midsummer-supper-club-tickets-june-17th at London’s pioneering supper club. Tickets £50 BYO. Scandinavian inspired summery food. #supperclub #msmarmitelover #midsummer #northwestlondon #londonevents #popups
Tina sweating through a gig at Brixton academy cir Tina sweating through a gig at Brixton academy circa 1987 pic: kerstin Rodgers #rip #tinaturner #rockphotographer #kerstinrodgers #teenagephotographer
Attended an incredible talk with @frenchpete_1 on Attended an incredible talk with @frenchpete_1 on war photography in the Ukraine . Go to the exhibition @thebppa @thebargehouse in SE1 last few days 
Had to stop filming cos I was told off. The photographers would be less forthcoming if they were filmed I was told. 
Anyway @frenchpete_1 should be followed by a camera crew cos he’s a star.
For yesterdays lunch I made a blue cheese puff pas For yesterdays lunch I made a blue cheese puff pastry quiche and a little one with less blue cheese & no salt for my 7 month old granddaughter. She absolutely loved it. I’m enjoying seeing her experience and explore new foods with baby led weaning. Avocado, strawberries, kiwi & buttered crumpets are a hit. Pasta less so. Who is this child? Are we even related? #babyledweaning #quiche #homemadepuffpastry
Nice to be featured as The Great Read in The natio Nice to be featured as The Great Read in The national newspaper again. These are the stories I love to do: I go off on an adventure, take my time, interview people (especially women), photograph them in their environment and create recipes on site. This story cost me a lot more than I made as I had an accident and lost my excess. My own damn fault though! Loved loved loved having a campervan. Thanks for lending me it @camperdays.international and sorry about the hole in the side.  https://www.thenational.scot/news/23505593.foraging-seaweed-western-isles/
My terrace on a sunny May morning. The builders @l My terrace on a sunny May morning. The builders @lk.general.building left yesterday. They’ve been working since January. I had the awning installed, the encaustic Minton tiles removed and put back with green grout. The terrace was causing damp so this had to be done. My calamondin plant is looking lovely. The benches which I repaired with hard wood & I repainted using a mix of 2 colours. The marble table I bought in Suffolk at a car boot. Everything is still dusty & I’m waiting for the window cleaner to arrive.
Last but very heartfelt thankyou to @cideriswine f Last but very heartfelt thankyou to @cideriswine for their contribution of these beautiful dry ciders for the coronation street lunch. Gorgeously illustrated labels. #stcuthbertsrd #kilburn #london #cider #artisanaldrinks
When it comes to vodka I much prefer potato vodka. When it comes to vodka I much prefer potato vodka. It’s smoother. Artisanal distillery @devoncovevodka contributed some bottles to my coronation lunch which gave everyone a feeling of being at a classy party. Thanks so much. And also @rawfoodanddrink for arranging. If you want to read my blog post about how and why I organised this event, copy and paste this link: https://t.co/GWNNW2XKba #coronationstreetparty #biglunch #community #kilburn #london #forthepeoplebythepeople
I’ve been a fan of @luscombedrinks for years now I’ve been a fan of @luscombedrinks for years now. They sent a selection: elderflower bubbly, st. Clements orange 🍊 Sicilian lemonade, @belvoirfarm_uk lemonade, which were all delicious and just the tickets for the fortuitous mini-heatwave that occurred on the Sunday coronation lunch. #thankyou #community #coronation #streetparty #biglunch
Our street party. Double page spread in The Sun! T Our street party. Double page spread in The Sun! Tiny bit in the guardian. Decent pic in the Mail and The Star credit @asproider #coronationlunch #kilburn #stcuthbertsrd #kingscroftrd #fordwychrd #templarhouse
My coronation quiche with Broad beans, tarragon, s My coronation quiche with Broad beans, tarragon, spinach, cheddar. I used crème fraiche and blind baked puff pastry shells. I was up at 11 last night making these for todays street party, which featured in the mail, telegraph, mirror, metro courtesy of photographer Gavin Rodgers @asproider
Seaweed foraging at Spring tides in the Outer Hebr Seaweed foraging at Spring tides in the Outer Hebrides with @outerhebrideanforager Fi bird. She’s cutting sea spaghetti. I drove my campervan @camperdays.international from london to the Hebrides- using my gas stove to cook foraged and local ingredients. A real food safari. With the sea spaghetti I made a sea spag vongole with giant parlourdes picked up from the sand at the same time. Great fun, beautiful weather and, the day of the full moon, a wonderfully low tide. This was on south Uist.
More flavours, the flavour thesaurus is a plant-ba More flavours, the flavour thesaurus is a plant-based version of the original. Beautifully constructed, designed and written by @nikisegnit it’s vegetarian rather than vegan but recommended for both. She widens the sensory vocabulary around plant flavours in this book- encouraging new delicious sounding combinations. Now she includes new categories such as flower & meadow, caramel roasted, zesty roost- just the words make me salivate. #foodbooks #bookstagram #newbooks
Yesterday I attended @marmaladeawards @dalemainman Yesterday I attended @marmaladeawards @dalemainmansion I found out so much about marmalade. I’m going to make it this winter. I found out the worlds best maker is Japanese, in fact I was most impressed by the Japanese marmalades in general. Everyone wore orange. I must have tasted 50 marmalades. I met Paddington’s sister, karen jankel who is michael bond’s daughter, born in the same year as Paddington. She gave a charming talk on Paddington, mentioning how the queen insisted on having real marmalade sandwiches in her @launerlondonofficial handbag during the shoot. The house itself is Tudor and Georgian. I stayed in my campervan from @camperdays.international in the car park, cosy in the rain. Another freewheeling adventure. #yorkshire #marmalade #travel #food #ontheroad #campervan
I had a piece in @thetimes on Sunday about being a I had a piece in @thetimes on Sunday about being a vegetarian rather than a vegan. How I still need butter. And how restaurants & plane meals are now vegan rather than vegetarian. But, there are still more the double amount of vegetarians as vegans in the UK. I’ve written a vegan cookbook V is for vegan (link in bio) and am a big fan of vegan foods. I’ve not eaten meat for over 40 years. This is a sustainable diet, in terms of longevity. Vegans that I knew from the early noughties have reverted to meat eating. #newpuritanism? #vegetarian #vegan #foodwriter
Scrambled croft eggs (bright yellow yolks) with a Scrambled croft eggs (bright yellow yolks) with a seaweed that tastes just like truffle. Just done a little kelp foraging at low tide with @thetempleharris’ Amanda Saurin. Isle of Harris. Turquoise sea, white sand, cloud hovering just above. @camperdays.international @roosterpr
I went to Wembley in north west london to talk to I went to Wembley in north west london to talk to Sophie of @tobia.teff she uses the iron-rich, gluten free teff grain from her homeland Ethiopia. She showed me how to make injera, the Ethiopian flatbread which is fermented. She also talked about the coffee ceremony, 3 cups, which they pair with toasted barley or, currently, popcorn! I’d love to visit Ethiopia and find out more about their ancient food culture, history, 3.5k year old monarchy and religions.
Doing a spring budget recipe cooking demo for @bre Doing a spring budget recipe cooking demo for @brentcouncil Willesden library. I’ve been doing this a few times a year for the last few years. Wouldn’t it be great if they had a kitchen set up permanently. Libraries are community centres and could be used to teach how to cook from scratch.
Mother’s Day flowers from @siennamarla who is ex Mother’s Day flowers from @siennamarla who is experiencing her own first Mother’s Day with Ophelia. I’m still living in chaos & work was slow yesterday due to rain. Only another month…
Last week I did a wild foraging walk with @luciath Last week I did a wild foraging walk with @luciathewildkitchen in Kent @kent_downs_aonb just outside Canterbury. I’m going to help out during her May wild asparagus workshop. This chef lived in France, is a brilliant forager and cook. Her campfire meal of lentils, wild garlic raitha and a dukkah of alexanders, Parmesan was genuinely delicious not worthy like so much foraged food.
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