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Melissa Thompson

Chef · Author · Journalist — Jamaican cooking and its history, live-fire and barbecue, London Caribbean kitchens.

Listed with the chefs in London.

Melissa Thompson is a London recipe developer and food writer of Jamaican and Maltese heritage. She runs the food and recipe project Fowl Mouths, writes recipes for the Guardian and columns for BBC Good Food, and wrote Motherland: A Jamaican Cookbook (Bloomsbury, 2022), a history of Jamaican food as much as a recipe book. Time Out bills her as a barbecue cook as well as a writer, which is what makes her judgment on jerk a cook's rather than a listing's.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• Time Out London, 'An expert guide to London's best BBQ joints by Melissa Thompson' ↗their pick · 2024-07-04
  • Tasty JerkSouth Norwood

    “I love Maureen's, but Original Tasty Jerk probably is my favourite jerk pork. Outside of Jamaica it's the best jerk pork I've ever had.”