Hannah Twiggs is The Independent’s Food and Drink Editor, Editor of IndyEats magazine and Editorial Lead for commercial wine content, commissioning, editing and writing food and drinks news, features, opinion pieces and restaurant reviews and guides. She was formerly the Deputy Features Editor, helping to run the Long Reads desk and building up a portfolio of long-form features across News, Lifestyle, Culture, Health, Science and Tech. She first joined The Independent in 2016 as a sub-editor for the app, having worked as a beat reporter in southeast London for three years, and during that time supported the launch of our first paywall as well leading the infographics programme, most notably covering the UK and US elections from 2018 to 2020.
After nearly 40 years at the helm of award-winning restaurants, Marcus Wareing has hung up his apron for good. He tells Hannah Twiggs why accolades aren’t what they are cracked up to be, how ‘Masterchef’ changed his perspective and why he quit before his hand was forced
