Christine Bailey

Biographical Information

"Christine is qualified Nutritional Consultant, Chef, Journalist and Media Expert. She has over 16 years experience in the food and health industry working with a wide range of clients from Corporates, Food and Health Manufacturers to Charities, Local Authorities and individuals. During her extensive training she gained a First Class Honours degree in Nutritional Therapy at the renowned Nutrition Centre CNELM (Centre for Nutrition Education and Lifestyle Management). She is also qualified to MSc level and holds at PGCE for adult training and lecturing. She has also completed The Institute for Functional Medicine intensive 5 day training course called Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice™ and is certified to use their logo and procedures.

"What makes her so unique is her wealth of expertise, experience and inspirational style. Known for her enthusiastic style Christine is a qualified NLP Practitioner (neuro-linguistic programming) enabling her to combine nutritional advice with life coaching. This means tailored programmes to enable clients to identify positive health goals and formulate lifestyle changes that are sustainable, practical and achievable.

"Christine has presented seminars, workshops and courses over the years for some of the UK’s biggest and well known companies and is an engaging, innovative speaker. She regularly teaches at the Nutrition Centre CNELM (Centre for Nutrition, Education and Lifestyle Management) on the Nutrition BSc and MSc Courses and remains at the forefront of Nutrition Research. She also runs courses for Local Authorities, Charities, Schools and Colleges and her style is said to be infectious, passionate and fun.

"Well known in the Health and Food Industry Christine assists companies on product development, recipes and promotional material, presenting at shows and events and running cookery demonstrations and workshops.

"An experienced Food and Health Writer Christine regularly contributes to national and local Magazines and Newspapers on Food, Health, Nutrition and Fitness. She has appeared extensively in the media including radio and television. She is author of several health and recipe books including Tasty Treats for Healthy Kids, Top 100 Low Salt Recipes (Duncan Baird 2009), Top 100 Recipes for Brainy Kids (Duncan Baird 2009), The Vitamix Cookbook (2009) and The Intelligent Way to Lose Weight (co-authored with Dr Mark Atkinson, Higher Nature 2009).

"Christine is passionate about good food and believes that healthy food should not only nourish the body but be exciting, imaginative and delicious. Through her work she aims to show how to create healthy, tasty dishes whatever dietary restrictions people may have. She has a particular specialism in devising recipes for allergies and food intolerances, children’s food and treating health conditions through dietary changes. She was awarded Coeliac Chef of the Year 2008 and provides food and recipe support to Coeliac UK...

"Christine is a member of the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT), Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) and the NHS Directory of Complementary Therapists. Christine adheres to the strict BANT Code of Ethics and Practice."