Anna Jones (food writer)

Anna Jones is a food writer, stylist, and author, based in London.^[1] In 2004, Jones joined Jamie Oliver's Fifteen apprentice programme,^[2][1] working for him for seven years. She then went on to become a published author, and a regular columnist for The Guardian. She is known for focusing on vegetables and vegetarian cookery.^[3][4] She has appeared on television for Saturday Kitchen^[5] and Living on the Veg.^[6]

In March 2025, Meghan Markle was accused of stealing Jones' recipe "Single-skillet spaghetti" on her TV programme "With Love, Meghan" Meghan's show did not acknowledge Jones’ dish and Markle declined to comment.^[7]

Books

• A Modern Way to Eat, HarperCollins, 2014^[8]
• A Modern Way to Cook, HarperCollins, 2015^[9]
• The Modern Cook's Year, HarperCollins, 2017^[10]
• One: Pot, Pan, Planet, HarperCollins, 2021^[11]
• Easy Wins HarperCollins, 2024^[12]

Awards

• A Modern Way to Eat: 200+ Satisfying Vegetarian Recipes (That Will Make You Feel Amazing)-Nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award (Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian) in 2016.^[13]
• Observer Food Monthly Cookery Book of the Year, for The Modern Cook's Year, 2018^[14]
• Cookery Book of the Year, Guild of Food Writers, for The Modern Cook's Year, 2018^[15]