SARAH RAINEY
FREELANCE
JOURNALIST
COOKBOOK
AUTHOR
ABOUT ME
I'm a feature writer and interviewer for national newspapers and magazines, as well as a cookbook author, recipe columnist and host of my own foodie chat show.
I have 10 years' experience as a staff feature writer and extensive interviewing, pitching, writing and editing experience for national publications.
My professional interests include: food and drink, real-life and celebrity interviews, investigations, opinion pieces, lifestyle, current affairs, travel, health & fitness, fashion & beauty, TV & film.
Please take a look at my portfolio and feel free to get in touch.
recent work
'The last time I saw Charli I had an awful premonition'
Interview with the parents of Charlotte Brown, killed on a speedboat date gone wrong
Now they're making haute cuisine from hay!
From pet shop to plate: cooking with the Michelin-starred chef who uses hay in his dishes
Grazia investigation: The New Sandwich Generation?
As Covid-19 changes lives worldwide, the woman feeling squeezed from all sides
How to rock the latest trend in urban interiors
As experts invent 'living concrete', a guide to giving your home an industrial makeover
What's the future of fertility treatment?
Exclusive interview with Professor Simon Fishel, one of the founding fathers of IVF
Cook up a feast from your lockdown larder
Speedy, simple recipes from storecupboard staples to get you through Covid-19 quarantine
'What's wrong with the colour of my skin?'
Why Delsie Gayle, victim of the Ryanair racism incident, refuses to accept her abuser's apology
'Dirty Dinosaurs' who rule the legal profession
An investigation into the rampant sexism driving female lawyers to quit
How does a Welsh shopgirl get to marry The Hoff?
On holiday in Barbados with David Hasselhoff and his fiancee (27 years his junior)
Inside the world's biggest dating agency
As Match.com turns 20, an exclusive look behind the scenes of the global matchmaker
Proof women are tough enough for the SAS!
A taste of the elite regiment's gruelling training, recently opened to the fairer sex
Will we ever have a cure for dementia?
Cover essay for Spectator Health, as scientists make breakthroughs in finding a cure
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who i write for
My work has appeared in: The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, Grazia, The Spectator, The Evening Standard, Metro, MailOnline, The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent, The Sun, Sun Online and The Belfast Telegraph.
I write a weekly recipe column, Three Steps to Delicious, for the Mail and have a Saturday chat show, The Influencers, discussing all things food on Mail Plus.
I edited The Telegraph Book of the Kitchen, How to Jug A Hare, in 2015, and my first cookery book, Three Ingredient Baking, was published by Penguin in 2018.
Stay tuned for Book #2, Six Minute Showstoppers, coming in May 2020!
contact ME
For journalism enquiries, please email me directly at: mail@sarahrainey.co.uk
For book enquiries, please email my agent, Clare Hulton, at: clare@clarehulton.co.uk
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