Since I began writing The Rare Welsh Bit in 2010, my blog has featured in different media outlets and publications.
Throughout the years, I’m also very grateful to have been invited to speak about Welsh food and travel on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Made in Cardiff TV and Radio Cardiff.
2023
November
I was delighted to be invited to contribute to a Welsh food and drink supplement published in National Geographic Traveller UK, sharing my expertise on traditional Welsh foods, Welsh Laverbread; bara brith; and Welsh cakes.
July
After judging the Welsh Street Food Awards in Cardiff for the second consecutive year, I was mentioned in several local news articles published by South Wales Echo, WalesOnline, It’s On Cardiff, Wales247, and Business News Wales.
2022
August
After working with Discover Carmarthenshire to curate a new food tourism trail to encourage visitors to seek out authentic local food and drink produce in Carmarthenshire, my blog was mentioned by the Tenby Observer and Wales 247.
May
I was honoured to be invited to judge the Welsh Street Food Awards – part of the wider British Street Food Awards – along with Sam and Shauna of Hangfire BBQ. Afterwards, WalesOnline mentioned me in an article about the popular Welsh street food event.
February
My popular Welsh rarebit recipe featured on Cardiff University’s website and in a printed recipe booklet distributed among current university students. View the online feature here.
2021
November
My slow cooker pumpkin soup featured in a Metro article entitled, ‘Five warming winter soup recipes for when you’re feeling under the weather’.
May
I was interviewed on BBC Cymru Wales’ X-Ray, regarding the rise in at-home takeaway food businesses set up by individuals in Wales throughout the pandemic.
Watch a clip from the interview here:
March
BBC News interviewed me and referenced me in this article about the blogger reaction to the launch of a website that collated various online recipes.
January
I appeared on BBC One’s Rip Off Britain (Series 9, Episode 10: Holiday) in my role as a Welsh food and travel blogger, interviewing local hospitality businesses about their response to the pandemic and lockdown restrictions.
In the same month, a recipe I was commissioned to develop for Porc Blasus (Welsh pork) was published in both the Western Mail and South Wales Echo.
2020
April
The Rare Welsh Bit was featured in the travel section of Blogosphere Magazine. The magazine shared my review of BB’s Crabback restaurant in St. George’s, Grenada (with permission).
February
In 2019, I was commissioned to write a blog post for This Is Wrexham about the Wrexham food and drink scene. In February 2020, Love Wrexham Magazine shared an extract from the article in the print and online version of their February 2020 issue, with further excerpts to follow in the March and April issues.
2019
December
Ending 2019 on a high, I was commissioned to write a feature on the quirkiest places to eat along the Welsh-English borderlands for the national Welsh tourism board, Visit Wales.
May
Following the news that solo dining is becoming more popular, I was invited to share my views on eating alone on BBC Radio Wales’ Good Morning Wales with Rachael Garside and Oliver Hides.
April
This month, I was honoured to be interviewed for Cardiff Life Magazine’s regular Cardiff Lives feature. Find me on p.74 of the Spring 2019 issue (no. 201).
March
Starting the month on a high, I was commissioned to develop a Welsh recipe for Co-Op Food Mag, just in time for St. David’s Day. I kept it simple with my Welsh rarebit and leeks recipe – find it on p.49 of the March 2019 issue.
In March, I also appeared on Radio Cardiff to mark International Women’s Day; the first guest to be selected to feature in Wyburn and Wayne’s Blogger of the Month series. Hear the full interview here.
February
The Rare Welsh Bit was featured by one of the world’s biggest online food communities, Food 52. I represented Wales in a feature about the best British souvenirs.
In February, I also contributed to Cardiff Life Magazine’s recent feature on the best places to eat in Cardiff, along with several other highly acclaimed local food bloggers.
2018
December
I featured in Cardiff University alumni magazine, Cardiff Connect’s article about the alumni students at the forefront of transforming Cardiff’s food and drink scene.
September
Blogosphere Magazine named me as one of their favourite UK food bloggers, featuring an excerpt from the popular Belfast Food Guide I’d written earlier during the year.
January
After quitting my full-time job in marketing to go freelance in August 2017, the Mail on Sunday selected me as a case study for their feature on the pros and cons of freelancing. The article also appeared in the newspaper.
2017
September
Sainsbury’s Magazine asked me to contribute to their ‘Cheap Eats’ blogger feature by recommending my favourite budget restaurant in Cardiff.
2016
July
Sainsbury’s Magazine commissioned me to write about Welsh food and drink for a UK regional food feature.
2015
September
WalesOnline named The Rare Welsh Bit as one of the 11 ‘tastiest’ Welsh food bloggers.
Fancy a chat about how we might be able to work together to promote your food or travel brand? Keen to commission me for freelance writing and/or photography? Get in touch.