How we got here...
Back in our January issue, we asked you, our readers, to submit your original recipes that you deemed perfect for a coronation celebration – with a chance to win a sublime KitchenAid Design Series Blossom Artisan 4.7L Tilt Head Stand Mixer.
As the entries flooding in and the closing date passed, Meike Beck, Cookery Director, set to selecting our shortlist. This was by no means easy, as the creativity on offer (both in savoury and sweet ideas) was quite incredible. She finally settled on five, which her team agreed with. Next up, as per all Good Housekeeping recipes, their shortlist was put through its paces in our state-of-the art kitchens, to test method, consistency, timings and serving sizes. Not to mention flavour! Happily, all 5 made it through to our final judging day, held at the end of January with esteemed guest judge Monica Galetti, Good Housekeeping editor-in-chief Gaby Huddart, and Meike Beck herself. They were unanimous in our final 3 line-up and our winner was crowned. The recipes were made and enjoyed once more on the Cookery Team's beautiful food shoot, ready to be featured in print and for everyone to try.
The winners were:
First place:
Anita Ward's Cherry Chocolate Coronation Couronne
Second place:
Fiona Ravenscroft's Watercress and Cheddar Scones with Poached Potted Salmon
Third place:
Kayleigh Brandon's Four Corners Tortilla Loaf
An experienced and highly skilled team of food writers, stylists and digital content producers, the Good Housekeeping Cookery Team is a close-knit squad of food obsessives. Cookery Editor Emma Franklin is our resident chilli obsessive and barbecue expert, who spends an inordinate amount of time on holidays poking round the local supermarkets seeking out new and exciting foods. Senior Cookery Writer Alice Shields is a former pastry chef and baking fanatic who loves making bread and would have peanut butter with everything if she could. Her favourite carb is pasta, and our vibrant green spaghetti is her weeknight go-to. Lover of all things savoury, Senior Cookery Writer Grace Evans can be found eating crispy corn and nocellara olives at every opportunity, and will take the cheeseboard over dessert any time (though she cannot resist a slice of tres leches cake). With a wealth of professional kitchen know-how, culinary training and years of experience between them, they are all dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work (and if they don’t – we’ll have the answer for why*) every time (*90% of the time the answer is: “buy an separate oven thermometer”!).
