About Suz…

Suzannah Butcher is a British writer, performer and food creator currently based between the UK and Los Angeles.

She is a former Food Editor at Good Housekeeping UK and recipe columnist for the Daily Mail, known for writing simple, joyful recipes that actually work. These days, she combines food, comedy and storytelling across live performance, social media and video — often with a healthy dose of chaos and self-deprecation.

Suzannah’s creative roots are in performance. She graduated from the University of Manchester with a First-Class BA in Drama & Film before working in television and advertising on high-profile productions. Her love of food later led her to retrain at Leiths School of Food & Wine in London, after which she built a career as a food stylist, recipe developer and editor, contributing to many of the UK’s best-loved food titles and interviewing cooks including Yotam Ottolenghi, Jamie Oliver and Heston Blumenthal.

Since moving to LA, Suzannah has returned to live performance alongside her food work. She has trained in improv, sketch writing and storytelling at The Groundlings School, and has told true stories in the style of The Moth at RISK! Live at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre and The Backyard Comedy Series.

Her solo show More Joy: A Mumoir — a joyful, filthy, tender exploration of motherhood, identity loss and self-acceptance — enjoyed a sell-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, receiving a StageCrafts Select Award nomination as one of the highest-earning shows across the StageCrafts venues, alongside an invitation for an encore run.

Online, Suzannah has grown a following at @suzandfood, where she blends character comedy, storytelling and cookery — earning comparisons to “a millennial Mary Berry” (by her mum).

Alongside her creative work, Suzannah co-founded Crumpet, an LA-based British catering company specialising in afternoon tea and grazing spreads. Highlights include crafting afternoon tea for Prince Harry and James Corden atop a double-decker bus in LA, serving tea in Dame Julie Andrews’ dressing room, and styling tea for a British-themed shoot with Harry Styles and Michelle Obama.

Much of Suzannah’s work — whether on stage, on screen or in the kitchen — is driven by the same belief: more joy is always a good idea.