The UK’s leading taste and flavour expert invites you to rediscover the joy of food.
Ryan Riley BEM is the UK’s leading authority on taste and flavour, working at the intersection of food, science and health.
He’s helped thousands of people rediscover pleasure in eating — especially those whose taste has been changed by cancer or medical treatment.
To celebrate the relaunch of Life Kitchen, Ryan is offering a limited number of free signed copies, plus an invitation to lunch with him.
Whether you’re recovering from an illness, or running low on mood, time, energy, money or headspace, Ryan Riley has the easy and delicious recipes to minimise the work and maximise the flavour and perk yourself up.
A collection of delicious budget-friendly recipes created for those experiencing changes to taste and smell as a result of cancer.
Inspired by the Christmas classics, the cookbook comprises three chapters, The Night before Christmas, The Main Event and Boxing Day & Beyond.
Wlcome to our Taste & Flavour book. In it, you’ll find a range of recipes that use ingredient combinations, along with textures and other sensory factors, that we hope will help you derive pleasure from food
Life Kitchen is a not-for-profit cookery school for people whose taste has been affected by cancer or cancer treatment. We also teach anyone who is experiencing an altered sense of taste due to Covid. Life Kitchen’s focus is on taste and flavour and helping people enjoy food again.
During cancer treatment and Covid, a lot of patients lose or experience changes to their sense of taste or smell. This is a really difficult side effect that can make mealtimes difficult and isolating. We’re here to change that.
Life Kitchen is run by co-founders Ryan Riley BEM, author, cook and food stylist, and Kimberley Duke, recipe developer, trained chef and food stylist.
Both Ryan and Kim were inspired to launch Life Kitchen after losing parents to cancer. Throughout Ryan’s mum Krista’s two-year battle with cancer, Ryan saw how chemotherapy was affecting her ability to taste and experience food. After her death, he wanted to honour his mother’s memory and use his cooking skills to help cancer patients find flavour and pleasure in food again. And so, Life Kitchen was born.
Life Kitchen is backed by science. We are advised by Professor Barry Smith, the founder of the Centre for Study of the Senses. Professor Smith guides the Life Kitchen team on our recipes and ingredients so that people living with an altered sense of taste get enjoyment out of food.
Our classes are run by a Life Kitchen teacher and take around 1 hour and 30 minutes. During the classes we will teach you about our five principles of taste and flavour – for more information on this take a look at our science page.
Behind Life Kitchen
“When Life Kitchen was just an idea, We Are Hype were there helping us shape the foundations, from our brand and books to the digital platforms and systems that support everything we do today.
As Life Kitchen has grown, their experience working in the charitable sector, and with global organisations such as NASA, meant they understood how to support that growth thoughtfully, without losing focus, integrity or purpose.
Looking at where Life Kitchen is now, I’m incredibly grateful they’ve been part of the journey from the very beginning. I know many other organisations navigating growth and change would benefit from the same long-term, thoughtful, consistent and reliable support we’ve had.”
Ryan Riley BEM
To celebrate the launch of his new book, Ryan is offering a limited number of free signed copies, plus an invitation to lunch with him.
Claim your free signed book and lunch by signing up below…
Mowbray Park Lodge South
Mowbray Park, Toward Road
Sunderland SR2 8DP
Please do get in touch if you have any questions by emailing kim@woocommerce-501058-1587365.cloudwaysapps.com, and please do sign up to our mailing list to get further updates.
Co-founder of Life Kitchen, Kimberley is a trained chef, who is deeply passionate about food, flavour and all things taste related. Kimberley also heads up research and development.
Contact her for all things partnership, collaboration and food at
Kim@woocommerce-501058-1587365.cloudwaysapps.com