About

My name is Gemma and I write the Well Seasoned food blog as part of the Well Seasoned website. In 2008 I founded the Well Seasoned Chalet Cookery Course which takes place in France throughout the summer months and on which I am a tutor. The course is specifically designed for people who want to gain the skills to work as a chalet chef in a traditional alpine chalet for the winter season. For more information see the Chalet Cookery Course pages.

Now a little more about me for anyone who's interested. I love to cook food, eat food, share food, read about food, photograph food and talk about food. I spent many years living in France in the winter where I worked as a chalet chef and area manager, and where I could indulge both my passion for cooking and snowboarding on a daily basis! Now based in the UK I work in contract and events catering alongside teaching on the course in summer.

My first experience of food writing and styling came when working on a core menu and chalet cookery manual for Neilson Active Holidays to be used across their chalet programme. In the last few years I have written, photographed and designed the Well Seasoned Chalet Cook Book which is used on the cookery course and students take away with them. I have developed and delivered training for chalet chefs for Neilson and Well Seasoned. I am also a closet computer geek which comes in handy.

I hope this blog will enable me to develop my own interest and skill in food styling and photography, showcase recipes from the Chalet Cook Book, and share some of my favourite recipes both begged and borrowed. I also have an enthusiasm for healthy food made from local, seasonal and sustainable produce which I hope to further explore. Enjoy!

I can be contacted at gemma@well-seasoned.co.uk

All images used on this site and the Well Seasoned website are copyright Well Seasoned 2008-11. If you wish to reproduce either images or text from either of these sites please contact gemma@well-seasoned.co.uk

Copyright Well Seasoned 2008-2011