Thirsty work

Skinner, Matt
Matt Skinner is a wine writer, consultant and educator. He is the author of the international bestseller Thirsty Work, which was awarded "Best Educational Wine Book UK" at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2005 and has sold in 14 countries and 10 languages, and Heard it Through the Grapevine, published in 2008. Matt has twice been short-listed for the IWSC International Communicator of the Year Award and is consultant to clients around the world, including Jamie Oliver's restaurant group, Fifteen, which he helped to establish. He makes regular contributions to GQ Australia and jamieoliver.com, and has appeared on ITV's Saturday Cooks, Daily Cooks, UKTV Food's Great Food Live and Food Uncut.

Oliver, Jamie
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has wowed food lovers with his fresh, no-nonsense cooking style and his inspiring recipes. In 2002, Jamie embarked on his ambitious Fifteen project, which was accompanied by the popular Channel 4 TV series Jamie's Kitchen. He took 15under-privileged youngsters with virtually no previous experience of cooking and transformed them into professional chefs to staff his new restaurant Fifteen in London. This was followed by Return to Jamie's Kitchen in 2003. Jamie lives in London.