From midweek meal planning to weekend feasting, you’re sure to find a cookbook on this list that will help you on your path to vegetarian eating. I taught myself completely, but I don’t cook difficult food – just delicious food that’s fun to make and won’t stress you out.

Clients for recipe development work include Tio Pepe, Sarsons, Bonne Maman, MacSween, Strong Roots and Peter’s Yard. Although it would give the finished dish a very different flavour, you could use all sorts of different spice pastes – madras curry paste would work just as well. Restaurant collaboration events include Silo in Brighton (winner of Britain’s Most Innovative Restaurant and OFM’s Most Ethical Restaurant) and Salon in Brixton and pop ups in various locations including Borough Market and Skip Garden in London and a recent dhal pop up at Corner 77 in Bristol. and Green, feature inventive, meat-free recipes alongside practical cooking tips to keep kitchen waste to a minimum.

Elly When I was nine – I copied my big sister because it was the 80s and we were learning about animal cruelty at school and vegetarianism was getting popular.

Bright, inventive and meat-free, this cookbook is packed with recipes that show how achievable it is to get delicious food (that just happens to be vegetarian) on the table. My dad’s side of the family is Jewish and the way you show love is to fill your table with nice things, most often bought from the deli. Her bright, inventive, meat free cooking is influenced by world cuisine but always with an eye on the local greengrocers.My parents were self-employed and worked all the time – and I’m always working, but I’m okay with that. Elly Yes – there are so many wonderful milks, tofu and delicious vegan foods, but it’s also caused a rise in fake meat products.

Perfect for: Cooks who want to eat well every day of the week, and anyone trying to get more veg and plant-based foods in their diet. Recipes to prep at the weekend for the week ahead – again, a really practical approach based on how we really live our busy lives. Festival appearances have included Abergavenny Food Festival, River Cottage and BBC Countryfile and this year she is appearing at Yeo Valley’s Valley Fest and Ludlow Food Festival.Everyone has their own journey in life and it’s taken me a long time – success does take a long time. The third stop is special treats – like a lime or an avocado, because we’re lucky that we can get them.