Eating Tales

Annabel Hirst's tales of Cooking, Eating and Drinking

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annabel-hirstAnnabel is a passionate cook and  cookery teacher. She also enjoys spending  time food writing and takes accompanying photos.

Last year Annabel spent 3 months at the world renowned Ballymaloe cookery school in Ireland passing with highly commended. Whilst there she also studied for and gained the Ballymaloe certificate (highly commended) in wine and spirits.

Previous to this Annabel spent time in Asia and spent a week at the Blue elephant cookery school in Bangkok learning the secrets of Thai cuisine.  Having a Chinese  mother who originated from Malaysia and who taught Oriental cooking when she came to the UK, Annabel has picked up her knowledge in the areas of Chinese and Malaysian cooking. She has also spent time cooking with the founder of the ever popular Ruby Cantonese restaurant in Cheltenham.

Annabel has recently launched her Oriental food business, giving demonstrations, cooking lessons and catering for dinner parties. She has recently been approached to demonstrate and teach Oriental cooking as a guest chef in schools.