Olivia Potts: Grieving, from Courtroom to Le Cordon Bleu

<p>On today’s episode, we’re joined by Olivia Potts. Olivia is baker, an award winning food writer and, author of ‘A Half Baked Idea: How grief, love and cake took me from the courtroom to Le Cordon Bleu’</p> <p>She left a career at the criminal bar following her mother's sudden death, to retrain in pâtisserie and went onto write her first book, which won her both the Fortnum &amp; Mason Debut Food Book awards and the Guild of Food Writers' Food Writer 2020.</p> <p>Olivia talked to us so beautifully about the impact of her mother's death and her journey through grief in a way which was both raw, deeply powerful and humorous.</p> <p>She is the cookery columnist for <em>Spectator Life</em>, writing their Vintage Chef column, and has written for the <em>Guardian,</em> <em>The Telegraph, </em>At<em> The Table</em>, the <em>New Statesman and </em>the <em>Evening Standard. </em>Olivia has also lectured on Brexit and the future of food at the Oxford Food Symposium.</p> <p><strong>You can find Olivia here:</strong></p> <p>Find Olivia on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/_Poots_">here</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>and on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ahalfbakedidea/?hl=en ">here</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>and her book is available <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-half-baked-idea/olivia-potts/9780241380451">here&nbsp;</a></p> <p><strong>You can get hold of Gabi &amp; Amelia here:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pivotpointspodcast/?hl=en"><strong>Instagram: @pivotpointspodcast</strong></a></p> <p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/pivot-points-podcast/?viewAsMember=true"> <u><strong>www.linkedin.com/company/pivot-points-podcast/</strong></u></a></p> <p>Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/PivotPoints1"> <u><strong>@PivotPoints1</strong></u></a></p> <p>Email: pivotpointspod@gmail.com</p> <p>Gabi:<a href="https://anchor.fm/pivot-points/episodes/www.gabriellamillercoach.com"> <strong>www.gabriellamillercoach.com</strong></a> // insta:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gabriellamiller.co