Nicola is the author of 5 cookbooks including The Homemade Table (2022) and award-winning Homegrown Kitchen – Everyday recipes for eating well (2017), plus Feeding Little Tummies (2011), Cooking for your Child (2006), and Alive! (2004).
She works as a food and photographer for Stuff.co.nz publications and NZ Gardener magazine; and writes, styles and photographs her award-winning website Homegrown Kitchen.
For over 15 years Nicola has contributed recipes and images to magazines including Stuff.co.nz., NZ House & Garden, Next, MiNDFOOD, Good Health Choices, Good Magazine, Little Treasures, OrganicNZ and The Natural Parent.
Combining her passion for cooking and knowledge of nutrition Nicola regularly presents cooking workshops in Nelson and around New Zealand. Her food focus is on using healthful pantry staples and local, seasonal produce.
Nicola lives in Nelson, New Zealand with her husband and two children on a 1/4 acre suburban section where they grow food in the backyard and have 5 happy chooks.