I was first inspired to cook as a nine year old by occasional forays into the kitchen of the cafe my mum ran in Blackpool in the 1980’s to make scrambled eggs.

It wasn't until whilst living and working in Amsterdam, in 2009, I walked into a kitchen again and in doing so created Amsterdam’s first ever pop up restaurant.

Quickly growing to weekly 150 person sell out events it led to me opening my first bricks and mortar restaurant and cocktail bar which after only six months won a TimeOut Best of Amsterdam award, debuted at number one on Amsterdam's primary restaurant review site and was named in Esquire Magazines top three new cocktail bars in The Netherlands, amongst others.

I've had a love affair with Slovenia since I first visited in 2003 having met some friends from a country that frankly, I'd never heard of back then. I was instantly blown away by this small country and its seemingly endless variance of landscapes and nature. Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia you can drive a couple of hours in any direction and be in a different world, alpine mountains, rolling vineyards, forests, ancient seaside towns to name but a few. I've also been in love with Italy since first visiting 2006 and was exploring on a yearly basis before the pandemic.

I finally moved to Slovenia to live in 2019. I live in the truly wonderful region of Goriška Brda, on the Italian border and home to some of Europes finest, most undiscovered winemakers and I've made it my mission to create a business that showcased a new kind of agri-tourism that gives back to the community and leverages technology to allow people to keep supporting this region even when they have left and gone home.