Leith's School of Food and Wine graduate Eleanor Maidment is a freelance food editor, recipe writer and consultant. She has been writing, developing and editing recipes for 15 years and has contributed to numerous websites, books and magazines. The former Food Editor of the multi-ward winning Waitrose Food Magazine, she is now Food Editor of You Magazine (Mail on Sunday) writing a hugely popular weekly column about cooking on a budget. Eleanor lives in London.