Theo’s live kids cookalongs and kids lockdown cookbook Join in with any of our live cookalongs below or just grab a recipe! During the first lockdown in March 2020 the kids and I hosted a live cookalong three times a week, every week for 3…

Rustica – Mediterranean village food by Theo Michaels – published 22nd September 2020 Rustica is Theo’s fifth cookbook and an inspiration of Mediterranean cooking. Published by Ryland Peters & Small. Photography by Mowie Kay A collection of delicious recipes inspired by the simple dishes enjoyed…

Welcome to our new weekly meal planning service – FiveDinners.com NEWS UPDATE: February 2023 – we have taken the bold decision to offer FREE lifetime memberships to FiveDinners.com (normally £49.99 per year) to help families and individuals around the globe with the cost of living…

After the great success we had with my first book last year (Microwave Mug Meals) I’ve been busy writing my second; Microwave Mug Soups which is out now! You can pick up a copy at Waterstones online and Amazon and a plethora of other bookstores…

Curried Chicken and Gnocchi recipe cooked en papillote is part of a new series of brand new recipes I’ve created especially for the lovely folk at David Lloyd Clubs – and this is the first one out! Want something fast, healthy and tasty to ward…

TheoMichaels.com is now live! The new official home to me – Theo Michaels! TheoCooks.com (where you are now!) will continue to deliver great recipes with lots more coming and focus on all things food. Meanwhile TheoMichaels.com will be my own little home on the internet…

Another great show this week on ITV’s This Morning with Philip and Holly (and a surprise appearance by Ryland – who knew he was scared of fish! :)) I whipped up three great summertime microwave mug meals (more microwave mug meal recipes here), this is…

Guest Chef at the Paresa Resort in Phuket, Thailand.   I wave goodbye to Bangkok and the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit after my first celebrity guest chef appearance and fly into Phuket which only takes about an hour to fly. Check out the links above for traveling in…

Guest Chef at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok. Last week  (May-2017l) I was lucky enough to be invited by the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in Bangkok to visit as their guest celebrity chef and host a two-night, exclusive food and wine pairing event. Well, I say host,…

Microwave Recipes – another great show on ITV’s This Morning with Philip and Holly – I love those guys! Today we cooked three delicious Microwave Mug Meals! Today we had fun microwave cooking my Puffin in a Mug (love child of a pizza and a…

I had another wonderful day with the folks at ITV’s This Morning cooking my Christmas Dinner special – in a mug! If you missed the show you can watch my segment below. The amazing production team at This Morning (whom I have to thank for…

A great day had for my debut appearance on ITV’s This Morning where I was lucky enough to showcase three recipes from my new cookbook Microwave Mug Meals. I cooked my Stuffed Chicken Breast wrapped in Pancetta on a cumin and chick pea ragu, Laos…

Reveal Magazine feature Microwave Mug Meals cookbook by Theo Michaels (that’s meeee!).

Best Magazine are a lovely bunch of people and I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with them for a while. This time they’ve featured one of my recipes from my new book – Microwave Mug Meals!

The guys at the Hertfordshire Mercury Newspaper have always been super supportive and were lovely enough to feature a little article on my new cook book.

“London’s Best Home Dining Services” by Evening Standard I won’t brag because anyone that knows me knows how humble and modest I am (anyone that knows me is shaking their head in disbelief about now). See a snippet of the article below! Not much to…

Another great show on the BBC 3CR Weekend Kitchen programme with Nick Coffer, the amazing Justine Pattison and uber-talented Kim co-owner of the Cinnamon Travelling Cafe. This weeks BBC 3CR Weekend kitchen show had Kim making the most incredibly delicious jerk chicken curry that had…

I had a great day this weekend on the kitchen demo stage at the St. Albans Food Festival. I was on stage with Jonny Seabrook who’s a great compere and a thoroughly decent chap as well! I’ve done a few of the local food festivals…

I was recently honored to be invited to judge at the Quality Food Awards 2016 UK. The judging panel is made up of industry experts and the head honcho’s for various businesses within the food industry. Whether that be big scale food suppliers, recipe developers…

Great article written by Naomi Rovnick for the Financial Times (FT Money) today (Sunday 18th Sept 2016). Lifestyle Consultants – Hire Your Own Chef featuring Theo Michaels (that’s me!) Check out more of my news here.

What a great day! A whole day of cars, music and food at Carfest North!   I was up there as part of the Simply Good Food TV team performing a cooking demo to the crowd with one of my recipes from my new cook…

Every year I go back to Sheredes (my old school) and we hold an Annual (unofficial) Masterchef competition. It’s really good fun, we do a demo day a month before the competition day where I come into the school and demo a few dishes to…

Who knew there was a South African dish called Bobotie? Well, I didn’t. A funny moment on the Weekend Kitchen show in this episode; at my expense… So… here’s what happens when you mention a booty-call on BBC Radio… By the way, the picture is…

Welcome to the new Weber World BBQ Showroom at the Riverside Garden Centre in Hertfordshire. I was recently invited to cut the ribbon at the opening of the new Weber World BBQ Showroom at the Riverside Garden Centre in Hertford. The Riverside Garden Centre is set in…

Some of you may have heard that I was lucky enough to sign with a publisher to write my first cookbook, a microwave meals cookbook no less! Well, I’ve spent the last 6 months developing new microwave recipes for my book and I finally finished.…

My first episode is out now on Simply Good Food TV! We filmed this cooking video (how to make a Watermelon and Feta Salad Bowl) in the height of summer so was nice to bring a bit of sunshine back into our lives!

The phone call goes abit like this: “Is that Theo?”, “Yes it is”, “Would you like to come and eat lots of cake and judge a bake-off at Waterstones in St.Albans and again at Waterstones Welwyn Garden City?”, “Sorry, did you say eat lots of…

Well, I felt as if I was mixing with Harpenden royalty one winters night earlier this month. I was honoured to be asked to host the Harpenden Mayor’s charity fundraising dinner for 40 guests.

I love food festivals! And this years Harpenden and St. Albans food festivals were no exception. This year has to be the busiest yet and featured some awesome foodies of all walks of life; producers, chefs, farmers and tons of people just strolling around enjoying…

I really, I mean, really, really, enjoy going on the BBC Weekend Kitchen show with host Nick Coffer. 1. I get to eat loads of great food. 2. I get to meet loads of excellent (and usually very cool) chefs. 3. I don’t have to…

Becky Alexander is a wonderful and well known food writer and book editor and I recently had the pleasure of cooking for Becky and three other guests. Check out the full article below..

I was invited by La Belle Assiette to host a ‘validation dinner’, in their words, they ‘invite 8 guests to take part as the jury…and evaluate the menu prepared by the chef‘. So I get to let my cooking juices run wild and then remain in a…

Lights! Camera! Action! Where’s he’s gone? Just finished filming my first 6 part series for Simply Good Food TV and thought I’d post a couple of behind the scenes pictures to sneak a look at!

A great day recording (and eating!) on BBC Radio’s Nick Coffer’s Weekend Kitchen show with Hannah Miles and Margaret Knox. Listen to a snippet if you want.

OMG! Thank you to everyone that voted for me (or rather TheoCooks) – I couldn’t have done it without you.

It’s always a pleasure to join Nick Coffer and two of three other foodie fanatics on his BBC Radio 3CR Weekend Kitchen show and this months show was no exception (and very funny – you can listen to a clip below). It was also the first to…

On Friday 26th June 2015 the doors opened to my 7th popup restaurant in Harpenden. That’s now over 200 guests, 7 popup restuarant nights and one very happy (and knackered) chef!

I have no idea whether this is of interest to anyone but I’m well chuffed and had to tell someone! Last weekend I cooked and served  the largest private party so far – a black tie event for 63. I cooked a beautiful three course meal,…

My Private Dining and Popup Restaurant made it through to the shortlist of nominations for the Best Lifestyle Service for the MumsGuideTo.co.uk 2015 Business Awards! We’ll find out who’s won later this year!

The lovely folks at the Hertfordshire Mercury wrote a great article on my new upcoming series with Simply Good Food TV. You can read more about the new series in the previous post, but for those that want to see the print copy, here it…

I write this post with a nice smile on my face, no, I haven’t done something naughty (yet…) I’ve agreed to film a brand new Greek inspired series for the new online channel and app – Simply Good Food TV. It’s a brand new concept…

The lovely folks at the Sick Childrens Trust have just launched their Big Chocolate Brownie Auction today! It only lasts 1 week and features dozens of excellent (much better than me!) chefs (OK, including me as well) donating their brownies to charity – and you…

While chatting with the lovely lady who owns Cibare food magazine we came up with the idea of me writing an article about Life After Masterchef. It’s almost 10 months since I graced TV screens with bad jokes, too much hair gel and the odd incredible dish.. Here…

You can watch me with the beautiful Lisa Faulkner and Matt Tebbutt on the Food Networks ‘The Big Eat’ below. Watch me cook my signature Greek Feta Balls on a bed of Watermelon Carpaccio and Lisa’s gorgeous Gambas Pil Pil (or Prawns in Garlic as…

Merry Christmas to one and all! My Christmas came early with the news that my Kleftiko dish made it onto the BBC’s Best of 2014 Recipes on the Weekend Kitchen with Nick Coffer! If you can handle my dulcet tones you can listen to a…

So in October 2014 I held another fantastic popup evening in Harpenden and the lovely folks from the St. Albans and Harpenden Review came along to have a taster of my 8 course Greek inspired menu. I was also honoured to have the beautiful and kind…

Honestly Good is proud to have teamed up with 2014 Masterchef semi-finalist and culinary talent, Theo Michaels, to create new recipes that showcase not only how delicious fresh, raw extra virgin olive oil tastes but also enjoying the health benefits of the original superfood.

Tune in today to listen to the lovely and well acclaimed Justine Pattison, Drew and me chat and eat with Nick Coffer on BBC 3 Radio (Three Counties). Always great fun with super talented chefs and lots of delicious food – I haven’t eaton since Friday in preparation…