Thomasina Miers was winner of BBC 2's MasterChef in 2005. She is a cook and food writer whose work has ranged from cheese-making and running market stalls in Ireland to opening a large restaurant and cocktail bar in Mexico City. Following her win, she spent 6 months cheffing at Petersham Nurseries Café. She then went on to open Wahaca, a restaurant now with three sites, that cooks fresh food inspired by the markets of Mexico, using sustainably caught fish, well-reared meat and recycling everything down to its food waste. Tommi has written for Waitrose Food Illustrated, the Financial Times the Guardian and had a regular column in the Saturday Times from 2006-2009. She has written and co-edited 4 cookery books (Soup Kitchen; Cook; Wild Gourmets) the last of which was published in March 2010, “Mexican Food Made Simple”. She has presented various cookery TV programmes, including A Cook’s Tour of Spain and is the face of British markets, NABMA.