ANDY CLARKE

Andy Clarke is one of the UK’s most exciting and vibrant voices in the food, drink and travel industry. Having worked as a food, drink and travel TV Producer for a number of years behind the camera, Andy is happiest when communicating his love of all things edible and sippable on telly, through his internationally published books, popular social media profiles and in person by hosting events.

After having developed and produced numerous shows including Saturday Kitchen Live and James Martin's French & American Adventures (amongst many others), Andy is now a regular on TV himself having appeared on ITV’s ‘This Morning’ as well as being a regular food & drink expert on ITV’s ‘Love your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh’ and a featured expert on ‘Jimmy & Shivi’s Farmhouse Breakfast’ where he recommends all manner of food and drinks as well as cocktails of his own design. He has been featured as in-house food & drink matcher and cocktail expert on ‘Ainsley’s Festive Flavours’ and was resident expert in the documentary ‘Britain’s Favourite Cheese at Christmas’ (Channel 5) which was narrated by Dawn French.

This year sees Andy return to being resident host of Pub in the Park. He will also return as host of demonstrations and talks for the prestigious The Royal Bath & West Show. Andy will be hosting live cocktail demonstrations and social media interviews at Good Food Show and BBC Gardener’s World events across the country. Travel lover Andy is also pleased to be one of 4 ‘Culinary Champions’ for world-renowned Princess Cruises.

Andy is regularly commissioned to design cocktails and host videos and events for internationally renowned drinks clients such as Marks & Spencer, Ocean Spray, Blacklion Vodka and Coole Swan Cream Liqueur. He is a member of The Guild of Food Writers and writes about food & drink for many publications including an occasional column in The BBQ Magazine where Andy creates recipes and is drinks correspondent. He has also written for Craft Gin Club’s magazine ‘The Stir’, The Telegraph and has had cocktail recipes featured in The Guardian’s ‘Feast’ supplement.

May 2022 saw the worldwide publication of Andy’s first cocktail book ‘Home Bar’. ‘House of Gin’ followed in 2024 and ‘House of Whisky & Bourbon’ was published worldwide in October 2025. A consultant to the food and hospitality industry, Andy has trained chefs to be on camera, curated wine lists for restaurants, designed cocktails for drinks brands and co-ordinated the food line-up at events such as Chris Evan’s epic CarFest, in support of children’s charities.

Andy is a regular host for awards ceremonies too including Soil Association’s ‘BOOM’ Awards as well as The English Fish & Chip Awards and has also hosted The Golden Pineapple Awards in 2022 & 2024 for The Drinks Trust, the respected charity for which Andy is a patron. Andy’s palate is also put to good use as food and drink judge. He regularly judges for Great Taste Awards, The British & Irish Cheese Awards, The British Pie Awards, The Independent English Wine Awards, The Soil Association ‘BOOM’ Awards and The Irish Food Writing Awards and hosts food & wine matching dinners, parties and events for clients worldwide.