Love Food Write

Books

Flavours of Melbourne: a culinary biography
(Wakefield Press, 2008)

Recipes from an Urban Village: A cookbook from Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
(The Hope Project Charitable Trust, 2003)

Flavours of Delhi: A Food Lovers Guide
(Penguin Books, India, 2003)

World Food Guide: New Orleans
(Lonely Planet Publications, 2000)

Contact details

For further information about any of our services please email Charmaine or call 0404 849 902

Business Bio

Love Food Write is a unique enterprise that specializes in innovative food related training, communications and consultancy for individuals, media and industry.

The diversity of services offered by Love Food Write reflect the passionate and wholistic interest in food and cookery of Creative Director Charmaine O’Brien.

The Love Food Write Vision

To have a profound impact on the attitude of individuals and organizations such that they come to the see that the way food is produced and consumed as an integral element in fostering personal, social and environmental well-being.

Our philosophy is based on the belief that cooking and eating well:

		- Can significantly affect our physical and psychological well-being for the better \|
		- Provide us with carnal and creative pleasure and enjoyment and make us feel good
		- Assist us to develop self-determination and empowerment (not knowing how to cook or to eat well leaves you vulnerable to the marketing prowess of the processed food industry)

Classes

'Why is it that we have become a society that would rather spend 10 minutes on preparing dinner and several hours sitting in front of the TV or the computer screen?’

Charmaine is an experienced and inspiring cookery teacher with an expertise in regional and contemporary Indian cookery; cooking with spices and healthy eating. The focus of all her classes is on encouraging participants to nourish themselves and their loved ones well and to accept that eating well does require some planning and effort but that it is one of life’s enduring and rewarding pleasures (and good health insurance to boot!).

Regular public cookery classes are held at CAE

Private cookery classes are held in your home and run for 3 hours. Each class culminates in a meal (lunch, dinner or a dinner party if you are game). All classes include a spice kit and printed recipes.
Prices (including GST):
1-2 people: $120
3 people: $150
4 people: $200
Prices can be negotiated for larger groups.

Charmaine also offers a food coaching service in which she works with clients on an individual basis to develop their own ‘eating well’ practice.

Catering

An exclusive small event catering service.

Our speciality is modern Indian food (think Indian style tapas) prepared from Charmaine’s own recipes (so you won’t get it anywhere else).

Costs are quoted per event.

Other services:

		- Culinary research and writing including recipe, articles and books
		- Consultancy (business and menu development)

Bio

Charmaine describes herself as a ‘culinary creative’. She has developed several food business including an exclusive event catering service; a whole food café and fed fire-fighters. She has a practice teaching cookery to individuals and corporate clients and has published several books on food.