Hi, I’m Kirsten Jenkins…also known as KJ.

let me share with you a little bit about myself and career. I completed my commercial cookery certificate at TAFE in Australia before working behind the scenes on the first season of Masterchef Australia. I went on to assist well known food stylist Jody Vassallo on three French cookbooks in the UK, worked for 2 1/2 years as the food editor at Donna Hay Magazine and spent several years as a freelance recipe writer, photo chef and food stylist for books, magazines and advertising; working for publishers & companies such as SBS Feast Magazine, Murdoch Books, Hardie Grant Books, Womens Weekly Cookbooks, Mindfood Magazine, Delicious Magazine, David Jones, Kenwood, IKEA, Kelloggs and Australian Pork.

In 2015 I became the Style Editor at Delicious Magazine Australia, as well teaming up with Phoebe Wood to produce our first cookbook for Hardie Grant publishing, The Pie Project.

After 7 1/2 years at delicious magazine I made the decision in 2022 to leave and return to my first love, cookbooks. My time now consists of styling cookbooks, content creation for brands and mentoring other creatives to produce their best work.

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