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…

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.

Yangshuo offers a feast for backpackers travelling through China. The Yulong river lazily meanders through Yangshuo, chaperoned by towering limestone karst peaks. Yangshuo offers an irresistible street market selling Chinese antiques that for the first time you hope are ‘Made In China’. A buzzing night food market that, well, I’ll…

Train travel in India is wonderful; in fact I’d go so far to say that it is one of lifes great adventures and if you have the means, time and inclination you should travel through India on it’s legendary Indian railway. But buying train tickets…

Good morning India! It’s 2am and we arrive at Delhi airport; greeted by another world – a combination of menace through smiling faces welcomes us. We jump straight into a 1920`s looking cab and head to Majnu Ka Tilla – the Tibetan refugee colony north…