about me.

Kirsten completed their commercial cookery certificate at TAFE, before working behind the scenes on the first season of Masterchef Australia.

They went on to assist well known food stylist and cookbook author Jody Vassallo on 3 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 they became the Style Editor at Delicious Magazine Australia, as well as teaming up with Phoebe Wood to produce their first cookbook for Hardie Grant publishing, The Pie Project.

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