About Lottie

Lottie’s passion for food was nurtured from a very early age by her parents when they decided a childhood in the South of France would be a rather brilliant adventure. Lottie and her brother Douglas were immersed in the cultural love of good food, good friends and, later in life, good wine! Their parents and friends often held long lazy lunches in the dappled sunlight of ancient trees, overlooking sunbaked vines, trickling rivers and hazy fields. They collected eggs from the rambunctious ducks and chickens; foraged berries, wild garlic and other delicious morsels; built cabins next to murky ponds with giant water rats peering from the banks; played hide and seek in the musty, dark barns of the drying tobacco leaves. They were utterly free. The sights, smells, tastes of life bubbled up to them every moment of every day, full of promise and pleasure.

Childhood merged into teenage years - with a move back to England thrown in along the way - and Lottie’s mother continued to encourage a love of food, with quality of produce being paramount. Lunch and dinner parties were a weekly occurrence where Lottie and Douglas were very much involved in the preparation of and taking part in these energetic gatherings. Candles flickered and wax dripped late into the night. Lottie’s favourite memories are of falling asleep to the rise and fall of anecdotes being told and raucous laughter ensuing.

School finished and university began. Starting off at Leeds but realizing they were not made for each other, Lottie transferred to second year at the University of Exeter to read French Literature. She still had no clue as to what her career should be… A year abroad later to Paris to teach and a sensible decision to become a teacher followed - another year or two training - and hey presto Lottie was a qualified teacher! This is what fueled her life for the following five years - the odd cake being sold from the back of her car to parents of children in her class; sating her love of cooking. However, the beauty of Devon and the rascally faces which greeted her in the morning were just the beginning, and not the end, of her adult life; after 10 years the bright lights of London called for to her and she, and her whippet, set off to seek their fortunes in the Big Smoke.

The dazzling city lights bamboozled the two long-legged red-heads and life was a bit of a tumble - finding somewhere to live, working between four jobs and trying to navigate a new city felt very overwhelming when everyone else seemed so very sorted in their lives. But sort herself (and the whippet) out she did and soon moved into her beloved home for four years - fondly know to many as The Commune. A house in Shepherd’s Bush filled with the merriest of people a girl could wish for. It is well known for hosting Fat Mondays/Tubby Tuesdays/Wet Wednesdays etc. ( and possibly the most raucous Christmas drinks parties in West London). It is at one of these gatherings her friend Millie asked if she would be free to come and “cook on an island off the coast of Dublin for two weeks for some artists?” Lottie said she’d give it a go…the rest is history. Since then Lottie has become the main chef for Lambay Island retreats and private rentals. With Millie hosting and curating extraordinary weekends for special clients and Lottie frolicking in the kitchen it was - and still is - a match made in heaven. Word of mouth spread and thanks to family, Millie and other friends Lottie now has a growing client base, including collaborations with great friends Milla and Tim Herniman from Hayne, Devon, assisting at Borough Market for The River Cottage cookery classes and many more. Lottie runs charity supper clubs in London and further afield, is a recipe developer for fantastic healing and nurturing App ‘Wholesome World’ and helped to style the cookery book ‘The Good Stuff’ by Lucinda Miller. She has worked in partnership with Diet and Wellness company Nell Health as their Food Consultant and with Cancer and Wellness App, and now book, Wholesome World as a recipe writer.

Lottie can be found occasionally working in Ireland, France, Switzerland, Sardinia and beyond - but is based in London’s Notting Hill. As with many of us, the Covid pandemic threw Lottie’s groove slightly off centre - to say the least. She spent the first lockdown in London delivering six days a week to vulnerable people and into hospitals. She managed to work abroad a little when lockdowns eased as well as a stint as front of house for Pali Hill restaurant in Fitzrovia. She has worked as a retreat Chef for Fair Oaks in East Sussex - if you’d like to read about these retreats please click to read about them in these recent articles School House magazine & The Guardian . In September 2021 she went to Greece at the Peligoni Club to work alongside Michelin starred chef Lee Westcott . She began her course as a Health Coach with the College of Naturopathic Medicine in September 2022, whilst continuing to deliver incredible food and magical events in London and beyond! Alongside her friend and fellow Chef Posie Hall they launched ‘Hall & Brook’, a roaming restaurant concept, in the Autumn of 2022. A fiercely successful project which has the two chefs popping up in all sorts of places. Keep up to date with their next guest appearance on Lottie’s event page.