Wendi Jarrett

Wendi enjoys the opportunity to share her food knowledge, cooking skills and tips on producing healthy, tasty dishes for all … the family … all sorts of occasions and her specialist skills and knowledge are used to develop recipes for special diets and dishes that enhance your health. 

For the last ten years, Wendi has been involved in a range of healthy eating and communities initiatives, which started with her co-ordinating the successful, multi-million pound ‘Food for Thought’ initiative in Northampton.  She is passionate about helping people understand more about how food can help improve health and impact on moods.  As well as developing recipes for ‘special diets’ such as gluten and lactose intolerances, arthritis, depression, menopause and stroke prevention.  

Wendi has worked with young people with behavioural and learning challenges and their parents/ carers to provide positive improvement and lasting change.  Wendi uses her courses and various media ‘slots’ to share useful tips on foods to include for sustained, slow-release energy, mood foods, use of tasty spices, herbs and ‘new ingredients’ that can help with diet-related health problems and of always her ideas on how cooking for the family can be made both healthier and easier!  She is a major fan of ‘slow-cookers’! Wendi continues to work with communities across the county and in the Midlands as well and supporting the development of a number of high profile ‘LOCAL FOOD’ initiatives and NHS health campaigns.  She has written for food pages of Alan Moore - local ‘graphic novelist ‘comic’- Dodgem Logic and is a regular contributor to both the Northampton Chronicle & Echo’s food pages and BBC Radio Northampton’s John Griff and Jona Kotnis shows, as well providing fun and belly-filled laughs with the breakfast show dj’s on local community radio – Inspiration FM.Wendi is currently providing recipes and cookery demonstrations wth Northamptonshire Health – NHS for the national ‘Bowel Health Awareness’ campaign; aimed at prevention bowel cancers