Sam Bilton, Food Historian & Author 

Food historian, writer and presenter Sam Bilton has been intrigued by spices most of her life. Her first book on the history of gingerbread won a World Gourmand Cookbook award in 2021. Fool’s Gold: A History of British Saffron (Prospect Books) is Sam’s second book and her third The Philosophy of Chocolate (British Library Publishing) was published in October 2023. Sam is also the editor of Petits Propos Culinaires (PPC) an international journal on food, food history, cooking and cookery books. Sam presents the Comfortably Hungry podcast and is a frequent contributor to national magazines, food festivals, television and radio.