Six years ago, if you had told me I would one day publish a book and be surrounded by such incredible, kind, beautiful, and inspiring people here in Western Australia, I would have struggled to believe it.
I was barely just trying to survive living in a new city and country!
April 2026 marked a milestone that has been years in the making, a book launch that almost didn’t happen. There were many points when I hesitated to publish, held back by fear of being a target. But I came to realise that meaningful change doesn’t come from staying comfortable or silent.
For a long time, my identity as a food technologist felt safe. But as I began to feel the physical, mental, and emotional weight of what I was seeing and experiencing, I knew I had to speak up. I started documenting my knowledge and insights, driven by a simple belief: if more people understood what goes into processed and ultra-processed foods, they could make more informed, healthier choices.
That belief became my first book – For Foods Sake: What You Really Need to Know About Processed Food.
The launch itself was everything I could have hoped for and more. I was surrounded by family, friends, colleagues, and members of the industry, all brought together over incredible food and meaningful conversation.