Author and food editor Leanne Kitchen trained as a professional chef and has had a highly successful cooking career spanning some 14 years. For the past ten years she has worked in food and travel publishing. She has broad experience as a food stylist, recipe writer and cookbook editor, and as a travel features writer. Leanne currently contributes to various Australian and international food, travel and lifestyle magazines, and is researching several cookbooks. She was writer and food editor of the Murdoch Books publication Grower's Market.