I have made food in all sorts of places – from the boujiest of kitchens with every apparatus known to man, to the smallest of rooms where I’m using tiles as chopping boards on the floor and heating porridge on an old cut-up can with lighter fluid and bricks. This has taught me that you can create nourishing food with almost nothing and from the smallest of spaces (I have catered for supper clubs of 80 people in a tiny bedsit in Hackney!) but, of course, having some basic appliances does indeed help and speed things up. Don’t get me wrong, I love cooking, but I’m all about spending less time in the kitchen so I can spend more time at the table sharing with friends and strangers.