Julie Jones documents kitchen life with her mum, who has dementia, and the healing she finds in baking cakes. And OFM readers loved her Instagram feed.
At 30, after office-based jobs, Julie Jones realised what she loved was feeding people and that it wasn’t too late to retrain. But on graduating from catering college in Carlisle, she found out she was pregnant and her mum, Joyce Armstrong, began to show early signs of dementia. Her desire to work in restaurants, such as the Fat Duck and Hind’s Head in Bray, where she did work experience, became a side-line to family.
I'd do all these fancy intricate pastries – I was grief-stricken and it really helped
Panna Cotta tart, you are too good to us. ♥️ This week, we want to see how you’re using berries. Tag your fruity concoctions with #f52berry and we’ll share your grams all week long. // : @julie_jonesuk
What an absolutely amazing day! Making pies with Jamie Oliver was definitely one of those pinch me am I dreaming moments! I had the best time, meeting and working alongside Jamie and his wonderful team, it really was something else. Jamie's 'Cook with Jamie' cookbook is a book that I referred to so often when I wanted to improve as a cook. So many recipes from that book alone have filled and fuelled my family over the years. Never ever would I have guessed that 12 years after buying that book I would actually, in real life.....cook with Jamie! Truly, truly amazing. I'm back home feeling completely inspired, eager to create and write some more and share with you my new ideas. Thank you Jamie, thank you Ginny, thank you to each and every team member that I met and worked alongside yesterday. What a beautiful bunch you all are...all so warm, friendly and gracious. Everyone made me feel so welcome and at ease. I thoroughly enjoyed my day. Every single second of it. And Gennaro, you are awesome, Justine was absolutely chuffed! Lots of love, Julie xx
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