Eleanor Maidment

Eleanor Maidment is a Food Editor, Recipe Writer and Consultant.

She is currently the Food Editor of YOU Magazine (Mail on Sunday) and before that was the Food Editor of the multi-award winning Waitrose Food magazine.

She is a graduate of Leiths School of Food & Wine and has been writing, developing and editing recipes for over 15 years, contributing to numerous websites, books and magazines. She is also currently studying for a BSc (hons) in Nutritional Therapy.

She has written three cookbooks:

- California Living + Eating (2019)

- Pulse (2025)

- Crazy Busy Weeknights (2026)