North Wales is home to hundreds of artisan food and drink heroes whose award-winning produce is helping to make it one of the most exciting areas in the UK  for food lovers to explore. Writer and restaurateur  Cai Ross and chef  Toby Watson invite you to meet some of these hard-working creators, with recipes  to make the mouth water and the imagination soar.

Cai Ross has been the owner and maître d’ at Paysanne, a French restaurant in Deganwy, since 2003, taking it over from his parents, who set it up in 1988. His published articles include work for BBC Good Food and North Wales Magazine. In 2018 Cai wrote a cook book to celebrate 30 years of Paysanne, published worldwide by Little Holland Press.

Toby Watson is executive chef at Outside Gourmet Catering, Llandudno, where he uses the finest quality ingredients to create bespoke menus.

Huw Jones is a food photography specialist based in Newport, South Wales. His specifically designed studio is amongst the best equipped in the UK, with all dishes prepared and photographed on site using the highest standard industry equipment. Huw's stunning images showcase Gilli Davies's recipes in the Flavours of Wales and Flavours of England series, as well as the range of seasonal cookbooks from Angela Gray's Cookery School, Jane Reynolds range of plant-based cookbooks as well as Maggie's previous cookbook, The Melting Pot.