Meet our expert advisors and contributors, who generously share their time and knowledge to help families take simple steps towards eating more veg, fruit & beans, reducing food waste, supporting children’s healthy eating habits, and so much more!
Bettina Campolucci Bordi
Bettina is a self-taught chef and passionate advocate for plant-based and free-from cooking. She develops recipes for brands, hospitality, and cookbooks, including Happy Food, 7 Day Vegan Challenge, and Celebrate. Bettina also runs a Retreat Chef Academy, teaching sustainability, waste-free cooking, and seasonal, feel-good food principles.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hugh is a chef, food writer and campaigner known for championing seasonal eating, sustainable food and better food systems. He helps families understand where food comes from and how to make simple, affordable choices that benefit both health and the planet.
Jamie Oliver MBE
Jamie is a globally recognised chef, bestselling author and food campaigner who has spent over 25 years inspiring people to cook fresh, nutritious food from scratch. Alongside his TV series and 50+ million book sales, he leads major campaigns to improve school food, tackle diet-related health issues and create a fairer, more sustainable food system, including support for neurodivergent children.
Jenny Chandler
Food writer, cookery teacher and former UN FAO Special Ambassador for Pulses, Jenny hosts demonstrations and writes for Borough Market. Her latest book is A Good Appetite: Eating for Planet, Body and Soul.
Ben Ebbrell
Founder & Chef, Sorted Foods
Ben is one of the co-founders of Sorted Food. A chef, public speaker and educator. With a passion for driving positive change across a digital generation, it’s entertainment and inspiration first and foremost… Accompanied by good levels of reliable accidental education. Food and drink brings people together, millions in an engaged community in the case of Sorted Food, and the conversation about what, where, how and why is the catalyst.
Shivi Ramoutar
Shivi is a cookbook author and TV presenter known for her vibrant, flavour-packed recipes. She shares simple ways to add more beans, vegetables and colour to everyday meals.
BOSH!
After six years of eating plant-based food, Ian and Henry, co-founders of BOSH, mastered a new style of cooking, one made popular through a new breed of internet chefs, where novelty and wow-factor presentation are just as important as taste and ease.
Everything Ian and Henry do is aimed at showing just how easy it is to eat more plants. They also want to prove how delicious, hearty and satisfying plant-based food can be. Through BOSH, they cook, drink and film delicious recipes for the world, all from the BOSH office in London.
Melissa Hemsley
Tom Hunt
Tom is an award-winning chef and food waste campaigner. His Bristol restaurant Poco achieved the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s highest-ever score. He shares practical ways to reduce food waste and cook more sustainably at home.
Suzanne Mulholland (The Batch Lady)
Suzanne is a Sunday Times bestselling author and founder of The Batch Lady. She helps busy families save time and money by batch cooking simple, freezer-friendly meals with minimal daily effort.
Ali Honour
Ali Honour is a creative force driving a better future through what we eat. She’s a chef, food systems
disruptor and outspoken advocate for sustainable eating, known for turning humble beans and
vegetables into culinary and climate heroes. With three decades of experience across professional
kitchens, food education and advocacy, Ali blends culinary creativity with deep-rooted purpose to
prove that good food can – and must – be good for people and planet.
Tom Aikens
Tom Aikens is one of the UK’s most acclaimed British chefs. He became the youngest British chef ever to be awarded 2 Michelin stars, has opened restaurants all over the world and written 3 books.
The Happy Pear
David & Stephen Flynn started The Happy Pear in Ireland in 2004 to make healthy food and living accessible to everybody. Their latest cookbook, Recipes for Happiness, is currently a No.1 bestseller.
Ian Taverner
Dr Glenys Jones RNutr
Dr Glenys Jones is Deputy Chief Executive of the Association for Nutrition and a Registered Nutritionist. She has extensive experience across nutrition research, education, communications and professional regulation, and is a strong advocate for high standards in nutrition science and responsible reporting in the media.
Catherine Lippe RNutr
Catherine is a paediatric nutritionist with over 10 years’ experience supporting families with weaning, fussy eating, pregnancy and breastfeeding nutrition. She specialises in practical, realistic advice that helps children build positive relationships with food from the start.
Charlotte Radcliffe RNutr
Charlotte is a registered nutritionist and director of The Nutrition Consultant Ltd. With over 20 years’ experience in the food industry, she combines evidence-based nutrition with deep knowledge of food production, safety and ingredients to help families make informed, affordable choices.
www.thenutritionconsultant.org.uk
Charlotte Stirling-Reed RNutr
Charlotte is one of the UK’s leading baby and child nutritionists, bestselling author of How to Wean Your Baby and founder of SR Nutrition. With a background in NHS and public health nutrition, she shares practical, evidence-based advice to help families feed babies, toddlers and children with confidence.
Ali Morpeth RNutr
Co-Founder Planeatry Alliance
Ali Morpeth is an award-winning Registered Public Health Nutritionist (RNutr) working at the intersection of health + sustainability. With experience spanning policy, NGOs, academia, and corporate strategy, she is focused on driving systemic change across the food system.
Ali is the Co-Founder of Planetary Alliance, shaping a better food future for people and planet. She serves as a Board Member of ReThink Food, an advisor to leading NGOs, and an Affiliate on major food systems initiatives, including FixOurFood and AgriFood Network+. She is also recognised as a World Health Organisation health influencer.
David Rex RD
David is a registered dietitian who has worked for over 20 years supporting autistic children and their families. He also leads on public health nutrition in schools and has a background in food policy and food science. David regularly speaks on the link between food, behaviour and child health.
Jenny Rosborough RNutr
Jenny is a registered nutritionist and author of Hello Healthy You, specialising in child nutrition and weight management. With a background in public health nutrition, she works across schools, families and community settings to translate evidence-based advice into practical, sustainable steps for healthier family habits.
Kim Smith MSc
Kim has over 25 years’ experience across the UK food industry, from product development to food education. With a Masters in Food Policy, she now focuses on improving primary school food education as Co-Chair and Trustee at TastEd, helping children build confidence and curiosity around food through sensory learning.
Zoe Griffiths RNutr
Zoe is a Registered Nutritionist with 30 years’ experience in public health and child nutrition. She has led projects to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, including the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme, and now runs ZG Nutrition, delivering courses, research, and writing on food and health.
Dr Clare Holley PhD, FHEA
Clare is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Loughborough University, specialising in children’s eating behaviours. Her research focuses on practical strategies to help children feel more confident trying vegetables and building healthy habits.
Prof Giles Yeo PhD, MBE
Professor Giles Yeo is a Cambridge-based scientist whose research explores how genes influence appetite, feeding behaviour and body weight. He is a fellow of Wolfson College, Honorary President of the British Dietetic Association, and an award-winning science communicator. Giles is also a BBC broadcaster, podcast host (Dr Giles Yeo Chews The Fat) and author of Gene Eating and Why Calories Don’t Count. He was awarded an MBE for services to research and science communication.
Dr Hannah White
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Loughborough University
Dr Hannah White is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Loughborough University. Hannah’s research area focuses on disordered eating and mental health among young people. Most of Hannah’s research is family-based, focusing on interactions and family contexts, with particular expertise in family mealtimes. Her PhD explored aspects of family mealtimes in relation to adolescent and maternal psychopathology. She is a mixed-methods researcher with 15 years’ experience of conducting eating-focused research with adolescents, young adults and parents within both community and clinical groups. Her research helps to promote understanding of the different emotions and experiences related to mealtimes, and the different ways families interact in relation to eating, body shape and weight and physical activity.
Dr Lucy Porter
Lecturer, Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London
Dr Lucy Porter’s expertise lies in developing and evaluating behaviour change interventions for public health, with a primary interest in eating behaviours. Her PhD (University of Exeter) focused on developing and refining an intervention to reduce children’s intake of high fat/salt/sugar foods, while her postdoctoral research (University of Loughborough) focused on understanding and addressing the barriers to caregivers offering vegetables to their children. She is currently a Lecturer at the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change (CBC), where she also leads on the CBC’s bespoke training and consultancy activities. She also holds a Senior Research Fellow with Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK). She previously worked as a Principal Behavioural & Social Scientist at Public Health England and the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities where she worked on topics including diet and obesity, sexual and reproductive health, and alcohol harms reduction.
Claire Wright
Claire has been working with children, food and communications for over 15 years, and is our Editor at Veg Power, helping translate expert advice into small, practical steps for busy families, and creating recipes that are actually simple.
Ruth Platt
Ruth has over 25 years’ experience teaching in primary schools, most recently as a Reception teacher in Cambridge. As an Early Years and Key Stage 1 curriculum adviser for TastEd, she supports teachers in delivering practical, classroom-ready food education and tailors training to suit individual schools and pupils.
Sam Nixon
Sam is a TV and radio presenter, best known as one half of the BAFTA-winning duo Sam and Mark. A trained chef and Celebrity MasterChef finalist, he creates food content with a focus on hearty, family-friendly cooking and the great outdoors, and is currently working on his own cookery book.
Nessie Weschlinger
Food Entrepreneur & Cooking with Kids founder
Nessie Welschinger, a Singaporean-Egyptian entrepreneur, is the founder of the award-winning Chelsea Cake Company, one of London’s leading bespoke cake designers.
Her career began in investment banking, where she honed her strategic and analytical skills over a decade. These abilities later became the foundation for her success in transforming a passion for food into an internationally recognised brand.
Nessie’s creations have become synonymous with excellence, serving a global clientele that includes celebrities, royalty, and five-star hotels such as Claridge’s and The Ritz. Among her career highlights is being entrusted to create the 90th birthday cake for the late Queen Elizabeth II, an honour that underscores her unparalleled expertise and attention to detail.
In addition to her business acumen, Nessie is a passionate advocate for family nutrition and food education. Her appearance on Bake Off: The Professionals showcased her talent to millions and solidified her influence within the food industry. She has since expanded her reach, conducting school workshops and community events to emphasise the importance of balanced diets and engaging children in the kitchen.
Through her platform, Cooking With Kids, Nessie empowers families to reconnect over meals, providing practical tools and inspiration to make cooking accessible and enjoyable for all. Her vision aligns with modern health priorities, focusing on how family mealtimes can drive better nutrition, stronger relationships, and healthier futures.
Shaun the Sheep
Shaun made his screen debut in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave back in 1995. Fast-forward to now and Shaun has become a global superstar, enjoyed by fans in 170 countries across the world!
Stefan Gates
Stefan Gates is a multi-award-winning TV presenter, author, podcaster and science communicator specialising in food and science. He has written 12 books, presented over 20 TV series and staged over 3,000 live stage shows around the world.
Triplets in my Kitchen
Sienna, Kayla and Monika, together with their mum Nicole, share fun, child-led cooking videos that inspire other children to get involved in preparing healthy meals and vegetables at home.
