After several requests I’ve now started offering a private dining service to people who want to have their own private chef for a dinner party, birthday party (or even a gift) or just to try something a little different one night!

The phone call starts like this: ‘Is that Theo Michaels? I hear you’re a pretty good cook with awesome hair. Do you want to do a cooking demo at the Hertford Food Festival?’ ‘Does that mean I get to go on stage, cook, eat and…

I was privileged to be invited to perform a cooking demonstration with chef Nigel Brown at the Harpenden and St. Albans Food and Drink Festival. I decided to add a bit of sunshine to the day with my Greek inspired Seafood Paella – gorgeous!

On Friday 26th September 2014 down a quiet side street in Harpenden a deli got glammed up and transformed into a swanky restaurant for my TheoCooks pop-up restaurant! Serving an 8 course, Greek and Middle Eastern inspired taster menu – the philosophy of the menu is “Elegant Village Food”; taking traditional flavours…

Another fantastic day with Nick Coffer on BBC 3 Counties Radio Weekend Kitchen talking food and eating it!

40 guests, 8 courses, 1 chef – my first pop-up restaurant happened. At 8pm last week, the lights were dimmed, the candles were lit, the delicate scent of Greek islands meandered from the kitchen into the dining area and my first guests arrived. Armed with an…

An audio culinary tour with dishes from around the world including Kleftiko, Cypriot rainbow salad,  baked rump of lamb and pork vindaloo!

Womans Own Magazine features my favourite Greek video recipes! Read the article & watch me cook at Womans Own!

My wonderful friends at Best Magazine have featured three of my favourite summertime video recipes! – Roasted Aubergine topped with Feta & Parsley – Tomato Rainbow Salad with Grilled Halloumi – Greek Seafood Paella with Ouzo

“What it’s really like to be a Celeb Masterchef hopeful” Former contestant THEO Michaels tells Best what the celebrities can expect tonight… Tonight at 9pm on BBC1, Celebrity Masterchef kicks off. And no one knows better how our favourite celebs will be feeling better than…

“Masterchef Maestro Theo Michaels at Sheredes school, Hoddesdon”. Theo Michaels, who made it through to the semi-finals of the hit BBC TV series Masterchef competition, was personally invited to return by headteacher of Sheredes School Ced de la Croix. Theo ran a master class with…

I’ve now officially changed my name by deed poll to Theo ‘that bloody fish soup’ Michaels’. It has been a surreal experience and I’ve been overwhelmed by the support of family & friends and really surprisingly; random strangers in the street and all the lunatics…

On Friday I spent my entire morning eating cakes. It was a dirty job but I was happy to take one for the team and gorge myself on brownies, cakes, macaroons and all things sweet that require baking! To console myself from such gastronomic hedonism…

After getting through the first round; I made an appearance on MasterChef Series 10, episode 12. Bloody hell..is this really happening?!

Theo Michaels meet Masterchef, MasterChef meet Theo Michaels… Series 10, episode 11 – MasterChef Amateurs series. At exactly 20.00 on BBC 1 on Thursday 17th April yours truly appeared on MasterChef.