Ask Mario has teamed up with a nationwide network of respected food writers. Together they will advise on what in their opinion are the best places to eat in or near to your preferred area. Read their individual biographies below. Click here for specific contact details.
		Mario Wyn-Jones, Founder Formerly chief inspector of Egon Ronay’s Guides, then restaurant editor of Carlton’s award-winning food and drink website, SimplyFood, Mario has also compiled restaurant reviews and monthly updates for Olive, the BBC Food web site, and contributed to Which? Books, Time Out and The Independent. He has also consulted for Marks & Spencer, and assessed patient food for the Dept. of Health. Mario is a member of the Guild of Food Writers.
		Clarissa Hyman, Contributing Editor Clarissa has just won the 2007 Glenfiddich Food Writer of the Year, having also previously won it 2003. She is the author of three books published by ConranOctopus ­ Cucina Siciliana, The Jewish Kitchen and The Spanish Kitchen ­ writes a monthly column for Country Living magazine, and contributes to a wide range of other publications. She is a member of the Guild of Food Writers, the International Association of Culinary Professionals and is also active in the Slow Food movement.
		Contributors:
		Keith Davidson Keith is a food and drinks writer of long standing, based in Edinburgh. He made substantial contributions to the insider's guide to the coolest stuff his native country has to offer (Scotland the Best by Peter Irvine), was a principal writer on Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide Scotland, and has been a major contributor to the Scottish sections of various Time Out publications.
		Peter Lippitt Peter became seriously interested in good food when he began habitually exploring an unlocked larder during his stint as a wine waiter at a well-known hotel and restaurant in the Midlands. This led to writing articles and reviews for a string of Birmingham-based publications. With a grant from the Jane Grigson Trust, he is currently researching Black Country cooking and runs his own restaurant brand-based design agency.
		Jane Middleton Winner of the 2007 Independent/Glenfiddich restaurant critic competition, cookery editor Jane Middleton has worked with well-known chefs and authors for many leading publishers, and is herself the author of a book on healthy eating during pregnancy. As a restaurant critic and inspector for various guides, she has eaten out extensively and enthusiastically in the Bath and Bristol area and in London.
		David Mullane David has travelled the world extensively working as a top-end international fashion buyer, in an industry renowned for enjoying good food in stylish venues. He now uses this hands-on experience to write about food matters and restaurants in his native Glasgow. He is also a past director of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
		Sudi Pigott Sudi Pigott is greedily obsessed with good food and has been writing about the best ingredients, artisan producers, specialist shops, the better culinary trends and gastro-destinations and restaurant reviewing for over a decade. Sudi writes for many publications including The Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian, Delicious and High Life and is a boldly adventurous home-cook. She is currently working on her first book: a new kind of foodie bible.
		Annie Schwab, MBE Annie opened Winteringham Fields with husband Germain, in 1988, quickly establishing it as one of the top restaurants in the UK. A member of the Guild of Food Writers, and The Academy of Food & Wine, she is a past Executive Committee member of the Restaurant Association of Great Britain, was Yorkshire Forward Winner in 1999, and has been Chair of the National Young Waiter Competition. She is listed in Debrett’s for Services to the Food Industry.
		Jill Turton The author of a comprehensive guide to Yorkshire food: 'Good Food in Yorkshire and Humberside - A Guide to Buying in and Eating Out', Jill has written about food, travel and health issues for The Times, Guardian, and Yorkshire Post, and has a monthly restaurant column in the magazine Absolute Leeds. For the past two years she has assisted the Director in running the 10-day York Festival of Food and Drink.
		Jenny White Jenny White writes regularly for Wales' national newspaper, The Western Mail, and her contributions to the South Wales Evening Post saw her shortlisted as 2005 Feature Writer of the Year in the Press Gazette Awards. In a bid to become a better food writer, she is currently training as a chef in her spare time.