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Melissa Thompson – Journalist and food writer

Melissa is an award-winning food and recipe writer. In 2014 she started a sell-out supper club that grew into a pop-up serving across London. In 2022 her debut cookbook, Motherland, was published celebrating the food and history of Jamaica. She’s been a vocal advocate for the promotion of black and minority ethnic people in food, and now provides advice on all aspects of the industry. Instagram: @melissafood

A plate of grilled prawns with burnt pineapple & scotch bonnet chutney

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Brown stew chicken in a casserole pot

Brown stew chicken

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Baked chicken thighs in a casserole dish

Coconut & turmeric baked chicken thighs

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Coffee-rubbed lamb neck on a serving platter with burnt spring onion mayo

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Masala spatchcock chicken on a decorative plate

Masala spatchcock chicken

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Roast garlic & tahini spinach in a bowl

Roast garlic & tahini spinach

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Mustard seed new potatoes in a pan

Mustard seed new potatoes

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Banoffee mess in dessert glasses

Easy banoffee mess

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Melissa Thompson on the brilliant women who inspire her. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A serving of hake with brown butter & orzo

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Mutton chops with cumin & paprika on a large sharing plate

Mutton chops with cumin & paprika

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Melissa Thompson on the most-inspiring food campaigners of the year

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Ginger beer & tamarind ham carved into slices

Ginger beer & tamarind ham

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mauritian food

Sunday lunch around the world

Melissa Thompson Tom Kerridge podcast

audioBBC Good Food Podcast with Tom Kerridge – Jamaican food

10 minute bean burgers

Priceless tips for reducing cooking costs

Sweetcorn custard tart cut into slices

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Sweetcorn fritters with a dip alongside

Sweetcorn fritters

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One serving of charred corn & feta salad

Charred corn & feta salad

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A batch of fried chicken

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Melissa Thompson fried chicken

The Stories Behind: Fried chicken

Spiced yogurt barbecue chicken on a serving tray with roasted lemons

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Chargrilled butter cabbage served on a decorative plate

Chargrilled butter cabbage

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A serving of rum-glazed grilled pineapple with lime crème fraîche

Rum-glazed grilled pineapple with lime crème fraîche

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Arancini scotch eggs on a green plate with salad on the side and more sliced scotch eggs in the background

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Two servings of prawn & egg on toast

Prawn & egg on toast

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Asparagus, feta & dill quiche with the first slice cut out

Asparagus, feta & dill quiche

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A serving of squash with orzo & roasted garlic & feta sauce

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One garlic & black olive sharing bread

Garlic & black olive sharing bread

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One garlic & nduja rice-stuffed whole chicken

Garlic & nduja rice-stuffed chicken

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