About Bamba Jay

I am not great at writing and blogging - nor am I that good at photography.

I can however cook. As a young child I was brought up by my nan and pop, my nan could not cook to save her life, if my pop cooked it would be most likely Hungarian Goulash, as my pop is Hungarian.

As a kid, my diet consisted of pub food (which I still love) and Macca's! However, my great grandmother lived in Tasmania, and about 6 times a year, my nan would take me and we would spend weeks in the tiny town of Deloraine. It was there I watched my Grandmother cook everything from scratch, in her old woodfire oven. I loved to help her with the traditional Sunday roasts and making Pavs from scratch and apple pies and whatever else she had planned on the day. I soaked in everything.

As a young teenager, I would cook for my friends and myself, so we wouldn't get food poisoning from my nana's cooking! I had plans on becoming a chef but an unexpected pregnancy at 17 overtook my plans at that stage for an apprenticeship. Ever since and three more kids later, I have had jobs as a cook and went back to school and became qualified.

  So in this blog, there will not be great writing, nor will there be fantastic photographs. But there will be recipes - tried and tested.