About the Author

Will Torrent trained under Heston Blumenthal at the age of 16, won Young Chef of the Year in 2009 and has worked with top chefs such as Brian Turner and Gary Rhodes, as well as for Claridges, The Dorchester, The Lanesborough and The Fat Duck. He has appeared on the BBC’s Sweet Baby James with James Martin and Ready Steady Cook. He is a pâtisserie consultant to Waitrose and he recently collaborated with Waitrose, Heston Blumenthal and Royal Chef Mark Flanagan to create the Diamond Jubilee Picnic Hampers. He has been profiled by The Guardian and in December he appeared on Jamie Oliver’s Channel 4 show Jamie & Jimmy’s Food Fight Club.