I am regularly contacted by the Welsh media to provide insight / comment on a variety of topics, including blogging, food and drink trends, sustainability, food waste, and Cardiff’s changing bar and restaurant scene.
During COP26, I was interviewed by ITV Wales who ran a feature on the growing sustainable food scene in Cardiff. In March 2022, I was interviewed again to talk about Cardiff’s bid to become a gold-standard Sustainable Food City – you can watch the full feature below.
I have also joined BBC Radio Wales to talk about eating out; spoken to Connie Fisher to talk about food blogging and food trends in Cardiff; joined Catrin Nye to talk about making small changes to help the environment; and been invited onto Jason Mohammad’s breakfast show to talk about food critic Jay Rayner’s comments about Cardiff’s restaurant scene.
I have been interviewed about my journey into sustainability for BBC Radio Wales series The Idea, and have appeared live on BBC Wales Today talking about how my ‘influencer’ persona impacted my career as an Independent PR Consultant – positively, to say the least!
Recent print & online mentions include:
- Woman & Home – ‘Fight food waste: How long does cooked xmas turkey last in the fridge?’
- Woman & Home – ‘Fight food waste: how to safely store & use up leftover roast chicken’
- Style of the City – ‘Cardiff cafes unite to promote #contactlesscoffee and fight single use’
- Visit Wales – ‘The Cardiff Underground: a guide to Cardiff’s indie food scene’
- The Independent – Quoted in a piece about M&S’s over-use of plastic food packaging
- Wales Online – ’10 great Welsh blogs you should be reading’
- Wales Online – ‘Wales’ top food bloggers tell us their fave places to eat out’
- The Guardian – Consulted and quoted in their ‘Alternative Cardiff’ travel guide
- Buzzfeed – ’21 secrets food bloggers will never tell you’
- Wales Online – ‘This may look like an ice-cream cone but it’s actually cheese!’
- Wales Online – ‘The 11 tastiest Welsh food bloggers you need to know’
- Wales Online – ’10 great Welsh blogs you should be reading’
- National Geographic Traveller Magazine – The Inside Guide to Cardiff (Print)
The blog has also been shortlisted for a few awards:
- The Guardian – Picked as their ‘Sustainable Blog of the Week’ 2014
- Wales Online – coverage of the Wales Blog Awards 2014 (Winners)
- Wales Online – coverage of the Wales Blog Awards 2014 (People’s Choice)
- Wales Online – coverage of the Wales Blog Awards 2014 (Finalists)
- Cardiff Life Magazine – coverage of the Wales Blog Awards 2014
In early 2017, the blog was also featured in an advertising campaign for WWF Cymru:
In 2018 the blog was featured in Blogosphere Magazine as one of the editor’s favourite food blogs.
I am always happy to comment on blogging, food & drink trends, sustainability in the food world, and moving towards more eco-friendly eating; feel free to contact me anytime on thehungrycityhippy@outlook.com.