Grace Mortimer
Grace Mortimer is a mother of two young children and a celebrated cookbook author, with two Sunday Times Bestsellers: One Pot Wonders and My Family Meals. Inspired by her own parenting journey, she founded My First Meals to create delicious, simple yet balanced meals that give families the nutrition they need while delighting their taste buds.
All of Grace’s recipes are designed with busy parents in mind, using no more than five ingredients to keep cooking quick, easy, and stress-free. Known for her chatty, fun personality, Grace brings warmth, humour, and relatability to everything she does. Drawing on real life parenting experience and a lifelong love of cooking, she develops meals that are family friendly, full of flavour, budget friendly and very accessible to everyone, proving that nutritious food doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive.
Her commitment to quality, convenience, and taste has made My First Meals and her channels a trusted resource for parents looking to make good cooking choices for their families.
Through her cookbooks, recipes, and her work at My First Meals, Grace’s mission is clear to help parents create nourishing, delicious, and simple meals, all with five ingredients or fewer, while celebrating the fun, messy, and wonderful moments of family life. Whether she’s taste-testing new creations with her own children or sharing family travel hacks and inspiration, Grace embodies a playful, approachable, and inspiring vision of modern parenting.
