Mat Follas is a chef, food writer and judge of the Great Taste Awards. Winner of MasterChef (BBC) in 2009, he owned restaurant The Wild Garlic which opened to considerable acclaim, including 2 AA Rosettes and recommendations in the Good Food and Michelin guides, and in 2014 opened a second restaurant within The Casterbridge Hotel in Dorchester. He regularly runs courses on foraging and wild plants, featured in the 'Guardian' and wrote the forward for the 'AA Restaurant Guide 2014'. Mat is a regular judge for MasterChef, making frequent TV appearances, The Great Taste Awards and the World Cheese Awards, and his recipes are published in a variety of magazines including 'BBC GoodFood', 'Olive' and 'Delicious'. Mat lives in Dorset.