Having been brought up by an Italian/English family I had a real mixture of cuisines thrown at me growing up.  My English mother loved to cook hearty home-made English stews, casseroles etc and my Italian Nonna would cook authentic southern Italian family meals such as a variety of pasta dishes, slow cooked meats and incredible cakes.  The one thing in common was both sides of the family cooked with fresh produce and ingredients and with passion.

Since the age of 3 I remember spending weekends at my Nonna’s house, which is where all 20+ family members would gather for a traditional Sunday feast. Every week without fail!  My earliest memories are waking up early on a Sunday to the incredible aroma of ragu.  Preperations for the feast had already begun!  I remember being obsessed with the smells and I would run to Nonna and ask how she made that sauce smell and taste so good!  My passion for cooking had begun and for years I would linger in the kitchen where my Nonna and Aunties would be running around making magic happen.  To be honest I still do!

Campervans, Love & Travel

In 2018 when I met Sophie everything went “next level”.  Dating was complicated as Sophie had young children and so we found date night in the van was a great solution.  It was time for me to show off my passion for cooking so regular campervan fine dining it was!

Campervan cooking certainly has its challenges as with any tiny kitchen so the familiar carnage in the kitchen urgently needed to be an organised carnage.  Alongside being organised I realised there needed to be constant adaptions to recipes to work with the resources available. This was where the campervan culinary website vanlifeeats.com began.