Carole Clements is a very experienced author and food expert. She lived in France for seven years, working in the food business and was awarded the Grande Diplome Culinaire from Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris. Elizabeth Wolf-Cohen trained at the Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris and then worked in Paris for a number of years in respected restaurants such as Dodin Bouffant, Chez Maxim and Au Quai d'Orsay.