Feast with Larissa

27/01/2026

20 years of adventuring with you. Here’s to so, so many more. Happy Anniversary, Troy. I love you. I love doing this crazy, wild, spontaneous life with you. (and for those trying to do the math, clearly I got married at 13 🫠)

27/11/2025

So… where on earth have I been?

Honestly? I hit a point a few months ago (though it feels three years coming) where something major needed to change. Not a little tweak, not one area, but the whole trajectory of my life…

I hadn’t felt like myself for a long time. I felt disconnected, flat and empty, and even though my life on paper looked like a dream (and trust me, I have been living my wildest dreams… TV, travel, beautiful work with dream clients, my amazing little family), inside I felt lost. I struggled to feel joy in things that were genuinely joyful - and somewhere along the way I lost ‘me’

Those of you who have been here since pre-Mchef know I used to share so freely. I was unfiltered (probably brutally honest), joyful and light. I had the most beautiful little community here. But slowly comparison crept in, imposter syndrome got SUFFOCATINGLY LOUD, and the Larissa who once spoke without fear suddenly couldn’t even hit ‘post’ - Even the trips that changed my life didn’t make it to my feed (hello Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan). I found myself stuck in analysis paralysis instead of being present and real.

I wasn’t okay. Something had to change. So I stepped away and actually did something about it.

During one of my doom-scrolls I came across someone doing 75 Hard and it felt like the exact reset I needed. So; beginning of August I went all in. Two 45-minute workouts a day, a gallon of water, daily non-fiction reading… and almost 30kg down so far (🫣😵🫨). But the biggest shift has been the peace, the mental clarity, and the sense of direction I haven’t felt in years. I’m not saying everything is magically perfect now, but this changed my life in a way I really didn’t expect.

I feel lighter (literally 😆), clearer, and more like myself than I have in a long time. I’ve also halved my screen time (HIGHLY recommend). I swear half my anxiety came from mindless scrolling 😵‍💫

I think I’m finally ready to start sharing again, slowly and at my own pace. I might need some hand-holding and cheerleading along the way… but I’m here, and I’m slowly finding my spark again ✨

Thank you to everyone who checked in. It means the world. ❤️

L x

30/07/2025

come join Nabs from supermarket.swap and I at a delicious cooking demonstration at the Adelaide Central Market this Friday 6pm ✨

18/07/2025

Join Nabs supermarket.swap and I for a fun, family friendly cooking demonstration (and a whole lot of banter!) at the Adelaide Central Market from 6pm on Friday 1st of August… we’ll be heroing beautiful South Australian produce and talking all things SA for Buy SA Week Brand South Australia

15/07/2025

could this be the best housewarming gift ever? a few little snippets from a special private dinner event I catered for - celebrating a beautiful new home (and the kitchen of my dreams) by Claridge Construction ✨

29/05/2025

my neighbour, Steve (fence food; for those who are in the know 🥲) surprised me by sending me these little screen shots today - and I have to park them here, forever.

You guys, I still have to pinch myself every single day
little Larissa standing on a chair on her parents kitchen ‘hosting’ her own cooking show would be so proud. living my absolute dream life ✨

tune in to at 5:30pm Saturday (if you’re Adelaidian) - and from 1:30 on Sunday Australia-wide on ’7two’(and again Friday from 2pm on 7two)

Thanks for the lovely write-up

23/05/2025

🥲❤️✨

07/04/2025

not quite ready for fig season to be over; and wishing the blackcurrant season was just a bit longer 🥲✨

14/03/2025

another lap around the sun. another beautiful, floofy flush of my home-grown dahlias to pick for my birthday table. I spent the day with people I love, eating delicious food and chatting the day away. life is good. grateful for the wonderful people I’m lucky enough to have in my corner ✨

feat: the butteriest vanilla cake from my besties at .canteen

03/03/2025