Davina Steel
Judge on the Nourish Awards @Nourish
Signup · Get unlimited contacts
WORK HISTORY
Judge on the Nourish Awards @Nourish
EDUCATION
University of Hertfordshire
Biochemistry and Microbiology
ABOUT DAVINA STEEL
My life long love is science and nutrition. As a young child I hid bread under the bed, toothpaste in the freezer, a fresh egg in the back of the pantry and a collection of worms in an old jam jar, to name but a few. Why? To find out what would happen to them. In the case of the latter it was to see which end mud went in and other stuff came out (or, indeed, whether that mattered to the worm). I read everything I could get hold of and was often found curled under the stairs writing up experiments. It was the perfect way to find space in a house containing six children, various friends, long-suffering parents, two dogs, a budgerigar and a couple of gerbils. Following cancer treatment, I became severely intolerant to gluten. Missing the beautiful, artisan breads I had always loved, I embarked on a quest to create a replacement for gluten that would allow me to make amazing breads just like the ones I’d always eaten. The only gluten free bread I could find was dry, sweet, crumbly and tasted of chemicals. I came to realise the reason for this: it was just too difficult to make gluten free bread without adding fat, sugar and an array of additives to recreate the structure of “normal” bread. Or was it? I tried every recipe, read any paper and book I could find and finally went back to basics to discover the structure and function of wheat and gluten in order that I could emulate it using only natural ingredients. After a few months of intensive research and baking … creating things even the birds wouldn’t eat … I had finally discovered the Holy Grail of Gluten Free: beautiful bread that tasted so good you wanted to eat the whole loaf … and then ask for another. Winning The World Bread Awards twice and gaining 25 medals to boot, drove my passion to share these artisan beauties with the world. My vision? There is something magical about fresh bread. I\'m determined that those that can’t eat gluten have a seat at the family table to break bread together with everyone else.
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.