Liberty Mendez

Liberty Mendez is a professional classically trained chef, freelance food writer, recipe tester, food stylist, presenter and food journalist. After graduating a 3 year Professional Chef Diploma course at Westminster Kingsway College, specialising in pastry, Liberty went to work as a pastry chef at the House of Commons.

A tray of nachos topped with minced beef, chilli and cheese next to a pot of soured cream

Entertain

Classic nachos

A star rating of 5 out of 5.2 ratings

A whole roast gammon with several slices cut from it

Meat and poultry

Gammon in coke

A star rating of 5 out of 5.4 ratings

A blue serving bowl with roasted root veg on it

Vegetarian

Roast carrots and parsnips

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.5 ratings

An iced loaf cake with one slice taken out of it

Baking and desserts

Cranberry cake

A star rating of 5 out of 5.1 rating

A plate of rocky road squares

Baking and desserts

Christmas rocky road

A star rating of 5 out of 5.1 rating

A ginger loaf dusted in icing sugar with a couple of slices cut off

Baking and desserts

Sticky spiced Jamaican ginger cake

A star rating of 5 out of 5.9 ratings

Cups of chai tea on a serving tray

Cocktails and drinks

Masala chai

A star rating of 4 out of 5.3 ratings

A bowl of crumble and ice cream next to a baking dish of crumble and stack of bowls

Baking and desserts

Apple and rhubarb crumble

A star rating of 5 out of 5.14 ratings

A sliced pound cake with coffee on the side

Baking and desserts

Easy pound cake

A star rating of 5 out of 5.1 rating

Rock Cakes on a cooling tray with two mugs of coffee

Baking and desserts

Rock cakes

A star rating of 0 out of 5.0 ratings

A batch of golden vegan scones on a cooling rack, with a pot of cream and jam

Vegan

Vegan scones

A star rating of 5 out of 5.1 rating

Red velvet cupcakes on a cake stand

Baking and desserts

Red velvet cupcakes

A star rating of 0 out of 5.0 ratings

Vanilla fairy cakes with white icing displayed on a ceramic cake stand

Baking and desserts

Fairy cakes

A star rating of 5 out of 5.25 ratings

chocolate cake topped with chocolate frosting on a ceramic cake stand with a slice cut out of the middle

Baking and desserts

Chocolate courgette cake

A star rating of 5 out of 5.3 ratings

12 hot cross buns on a surface

Vegan

Vegan hot cross buns

A star rating of 0 out of 5.0 ratings

A frosted chocolate cake with tea on the side

Baking and desserts

Chocolate Guinness cake

A star rating of 5 out of 5.3 ratings

A batch of cookies cooling on a wire rack

Baking and desserts

Banana oat cookies

A star rating of 5 out of 5.0 ratings