Jack Monroe is a 27 year old parent from Southend-on-Sea who found accidental fame by blogging recipes created from handouts at their local food bank, and a £10 a week food shop. Winner of the Judges Choice award at the Fortnum And Mason Food and Drink Awards and Winner of the OFM Best Food Personality Readers' Award, 2018, Jack's first cookbook A Girl Called Jack: 100 Delicious Budget Recipes was published by Penguin in March 2014. A brand new cookbook Tin Can Cook will be published by Pan Macmillian on 30 May 2019.

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