SARAH RAINEY
FREELANCE
JOURNALIST
AND COOKERY WRITER
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 14 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, consumer trends, health & fitness, fashion & beauty, TV & film.
Please take a look at my portfolio and feel free to get in touch.​
recent work
Oh La La! My magnifique day with Emily in Paris fans
The Netflix-fuelled pilgrimage to Paris which locals call 'l'invasion des imbeciles'
'I still want to know why they killed my sister'
Almost 25 years after her death, an exclusive interview with Jill Dando's brother Nigel
Times magazine: Meet the Insta-husbands
'I'm basically a human selfie stick' - and other tales from the men behind the cameras
What prison life will look like for Lucy Letby
She's only the fourth woman in British history to be given a whole life order for her crimes
Times magazine: Eating out with Michelin-starred kids
How will my sons, aged 3 and 1, enjoy fine dining at the country's top restaurants?
'We need to stop the next black kid from being killed'
Exclusive interview with Sir Trevor Phillips on slavery reparations and his family story
'Deep-rooted and worrying' crisis in the charity world
What the Care4Calais fallout tells us about mismanagement in the third sector
Would you spend £500 on a toaster?
The latest must-have kitchen appliance that claims to be the best thing since sliced bread
How does a Welsh shopgirl get to marry The Hoff?
On holiday in Barbados with David Hasselhoff and his fiancee (27 years his junior)
How I fell for the Deliveroo dinner party
Can you really fake your way to a dinner party that'll wow the fussiest of guests?
The kitchen gadgets top chefs can't do without
From Raymond Blanc to Michel Roux Jnr, the top utensils for MasterChef-style cooking
'My mother was a beast; I slept in the garden'
Haunting documentary that shines a light on late Sinead O'Donnor's troubled childhood
who i write for
My work has appeared in: The Times, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, Grazia, The Spectator, The Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, 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 hosted a 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.
My second book, Six Minute Showstoppers, came out 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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