Rosie Boycott

Aged 56

Food Heaven: Roast belly of pork and her Mum’s coffee pudding

Food Hell: Haggis and offal

Former newspaper editor Rosie Boycott is best known for being the first female editor of two national broadsheets – The Independent and the Independent on Sunday, and more recently the editor of the Daily Express. An active feminist during the 1970’s, she set up the magazine Spare Rib – the motto of which was ‘Don’t cook, don’t type’.

Now Rosie owns a small holding in Somerset rearing pigs and chickens and growing all kinds of seasonal fruit and vegetables. She has recently published a book all about their experiences on the farm.

Rosie decided to take part in Hell’s Kitchen not only because she wants to learn to cook but because she in interested in food’s place in our society. Read more & comment »