TV Chef Giancarlo Caldesi owns award winning restaurants Caldesi in Marylebone in London and Caldesi in Campagna in Bray on Thames. He also teaches all aspects of Italian cookery at the cookery school he owns with his wife Katie La Cucina Caldesi. Along with his Katie he has co-authored many books on the food of regional Italy as well as 'The Gentle Art of Preserving', 'Around the World in Salads' and 'The Diabetes Weight-loss Cookbook' which is an Amazon best seller. His adoption of a low-carb diet and lifestyle as a result of a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes resulted in him significantly reducing his weight and reversing the symptoms of his diabetes and he has co-authored three other low-cab cookery books 'The Caldesi Low-Carb Christmas', 'The Reverse Your Diabetes Cookbook' and most recently 'The 30 Minute Diabetes Cookbook' which is also an Amazon best seller. Most recently Giancarlo has co-authored 'An Italian Cookbook for Children & Grown-ups' which explores healthy Italian recipes and is aimed at the younger chef.