MADE In Leeds: TV Interview for ‘Can I Eat It?’

I was interviewed last week by Made In Leeds, a brand new city TV channel broadcasting across the Leeds region on
Freeview 8, Sky 117 & Virgin 159. Launching really soon which is exciting.

The topic of conversation focused on the e-book I wrote for my 4 year old son, William called ‘Can I Eat It?‘. When William was diagnosed with Coeliac disease at the age of 18 months there were limited resources aimed specifically at families to guide you through the first few months. William was due to attend a birthday party the very next day which reaffirmed how quickly we needed to embrace the gluten-free diet and so from that day on I began to create a range of recipes for a variety of occasions including birthday parties, school lunch box and picnics as well as family midweek meals.

The recipes evolved over a period of time allowing us to truly understand what kind of recipes worked for a newly diagnosed family and what areas of his life were important to cover so that he did not miss out or feel different.

The title of the e-book stemmed from the question William has asked on a daily basis from the moment he could talk and I wanted to be able to answer ‘yes‘ every time.

Whilst the majority of people that write recipe books work with a team of skilled people, ‘Can I Eat It?’ is entirely my own creation. I planned my recipes, made them, fine tuned them, tested them on many guinea pigs, created the food styling, photographed them, designed my book, created the e-book and finally my website.

Below is a photo of a few of the recipes we tasted after the interview. Looking forward to watching the interview in full soon!