Jo Pratt

Jo Pratt graduated in July 1995 from Liverpool John Moores University with a BA honours degree in Home Economics. She went on to work with Gary Rhodes at the BBC Good Food Show in November 1996, before becoming the main home economist for all his series and books. Jo has worked with many other celebrity chefs including Ainsley Harriot, Anthony Worrall Thompson, Jamie Oliver, Tony Tobin and Brian Turner on various television, demonstrations and photography projects.

Readers of Elle magazine will be familiar with her monthly food column, Elle's Kitchen. She co-wrote The Nation's Favourite Food in 2003, and provided the recipes for dishes voted for by the British public to accompany the TV series of the same title. Jo's books includeIn The Mood for Food as well as her latest, In The Mood For Entertaining: Food For Every Occasion.

In The Mood For Entertaining: Food For Every Occasion

If you love to entertain and share good food with your friends and family, whether it is a relaxed Friday night supper, a lazy brunch, a full-on posh dinner party or cooking for a crowd on New Year's Eve, then this book is a must. It has an easy-to-follow layout, with four main chapters broken down into various different menus, offering you food for every occasion: Two's Company, Relaxed Entertaining, The Extravagant Dinner Party and Cooking for a Crowd....

Fact file

Name: Jo Pratt

Date of birth: 30/08/73

Education: BA (hons) Home Economics, John Moores University 1992-1995

Born: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Current home: West London

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