I’ve loved cooking my whole life and I still found myself avoiding the kitchen.

This summer we went to Dubai.
Every night we ate food that felt exciting — Arabic, Thai, Japanese, Indian. Everything was halal, everything was delicious and everything was easy.

We came home… and dinner felt like a chore. Not because I suddenly stopped loving food, but because going from “anything is possible” to “what will the kids eat?” is a rough landing.

We slipped into eating out more than we should have. Not great food, just convenient food. Too expensive, too little veg, too much guilt. And when I did cook, it felt like ticking a box instead of doing something I enjoy.

I wasn’t tired of cooking — I was tired of the same cooking. The same dinners. The same routine. The same conversation: What do you want for dinner? - I don’t know.

Then I turned 40, a quiet, practical midlife crisis. The moment where you realise you can either keep dragging yourself through the same evenings… or change something.

So I did one small thing, I went back to the kitchen on my own terms. I bought new pans (not quite a sports car…). I cooked things I wanted to eat. I stopped trying to force motivation and just started making food that made me feel something again, anything other than boredom.

If you are here because your dinners feel repetitive, tiring or just uninspiring — trust me, I get it.

You are not doing anything wrong. You are just stuck in the cycle we all fall into, cooking to keep everyone fed instead of cooking because you want to.

This space is for getting out of that cycle. Not by working harder. Not by reinventing your life. Just by cooking in a way that feels good again.

If you are bored of your own cooking, welcome. You are in the right place.