Juanita was taught how to cook from an early age by her mother, an artist and great-granddaughter to the Maltese painter Giuseppe Cali. Her childhood meals where peppered with flavours from the Mediterranean and it was from there she developed her love of experimenting with new and exciting flavours.

Juanita Hennessey reached the final of MasterChef in 2016, wowing the judges, and public, with her creative flair and love of local, seasonal ingredients, especially game!

Since then Juanita has focused on food full time and has set up her own private dinning business ‘Fosbury Foodie’ cooking for clients in the comfort of their own home. She is also running a number of successful supper clubs, is a food writer for Wiltshire life magazine and loves to teach. She is also a regular on the Food Festival scene and loves nothing more than sharing her passion for cooking with other home cooks.

Her most recent venture The Game Girl brings her enthusiasm for game cookery to life. As part of this she is working with some very exciting organisations to get game back into the everyday British kitchen.