Elly Curshen – AKA Elly Pear – is the founder of Bristol’s Pear Café, a Sunday Times bestselling cookery author, food columnist, food panel judge, cookery tutor and authority on all things delicious.

Elly’s cooking is bright, inventive and meat-free. Influenced by world cuisine but always with an eye on the local greengrocers, Elly is passionate about encouraging people to cook from scratch with easily achievable, tasty recipes.