Mark Diacono

Mark is a food writer, known for his original take on all things edible. His A Year at Otter Farm, published in 2014, won the Andre Simon Food Book of the Year; A Taste of the Unexpected won the Guild of Food Writers Food Book of the Year 2011; and The New Kitchen Garden was published this spring. Mark has also written three River Cottage Handbooks, and is one of the authors of the forthcoming River Cottage Bible. He has won numerous Garden Media Guild awards for his writing and photography. His unique smallholding, Otter Farm, is home to orchards of - amongst many other things - pecans, peaches, almonds, Szechuan pepper, apricots, a vineyard and the most delicious varieties of vegetables and herbs. He writes regular features for the Daily Telegraph, occasionally for the Observer, the Guardian and a host of other publications, and has a monthly column in The Simple Things.  Mark also led the Garden Team at River Cottage, appearing in the TV series, running courses and events at River Cottage HQ. Mark is about to build a gardening and cookery school at Otter farm.