Features
Victoria has written features for numerous print titles and websites. She was a columnist for Women's Health and her work has appeared in the Sunday Times.
She has worked extensively with Great British Chefs and on their brand partnership campaigns. She has written blogs, columns, marketing articles, trend features and recipes for their website, socials and Windows 8 app.
She has written brand and product-focussed pieces, like these on sake, mead and franciacorta and created a series of technical how-to guides. She has also written engaging, traffic-driving human interest features, like this one on Roald Dahl's love of food.
from Freeze it, save it, use it, eat it
for The Sunday Times
"Food waste is at an all-time high and we all want to reduce our contribution, but not at the expense of flavour. As a working mother of a young child who refuses to sleep, I spend most of my days wading through a fog of tiredness. My refrigerator frequently becomes the gateway to the bin, a place where leftover food lingers for a while, forgotten, before becoming too unpalatable to salvage.
When it comes to food waste, I am not faultless. Life is busy and good intentions can fall by the wayside, but that won’t stop me trying to be better. Reducing waste needn’t be a chore, just try to keep an eye on what’s languishing at the back of the refrigerator. Instead of traipsing round the supermarket once a week to do “the big shop”, try to pick up bits and pieces when you need them. This way, you won’t overcram and will be able to see what needs using up first."
from Franciacorta: Italy's best-kept sparkling secret
"The UK has an unquenchable thirst for Italian bubbles. British drinkers guzzled a third of all the Prosecco produced last year – that’s forty million litres of the stuff. Prosecco has become the go-to drink at every event imaginable, from book launches to mid-morning maternity meet-ups (my NCT group’s ‘Fizz Fridays’ helped start the weekends off with a bang). And while it might have become the acceptable face of British binge-drinking, too much of a good thing can’t help but take the shine off. If you drink something that often, what do you reach for when the time comes to toast a real celebration? Enter Franciacorta: Italy’s answer to Champagne.
Franciacorta is a sparkling wine from the Province of Brescia with DOCG status. It was first referenced using the variant name Franzacurta in the Eighth Book of Brescia in 1277 and wines have been produced in the area for centuries. The name Franciacorta wasn’t used until 1958 when Guido Berlucchi created a still white wine called Pinot di Franciacorta and the first sparkling Franciacorta in 1961. By 1967, the wines (both still and sparkling) were given DOC status, but it was as recently as 1995 that the sparkling wines of Franciacorta were awarded the prestigious DOCG status. Franciacorta might be a very young wine appellation, especially by Italian standards, but it has serious calibre. Its youth belies its maturity and elegance; Franciacorta is a truly premium sparkling wine.
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