Liz Tray

Liz is the Office Manager at Ignite Hospitality Consultants. A voracious music junkie, Liz has a particular passion for going to gigs and part-time manages an art-rock band.

Camden's best kept secret

Being a relative stranger to my own kitchen I set out to an appointment with the express purpose of finding a suitable brunch location between home and my destination, Hampstead. The nearest spot, that's worth visiting, to both is familiar old Camden so the hunt began there. It's one of those places you walk through, shop in, drink in and browse at without ever stopping for food - Camden is hardly known for cuisine and with good reason.

Fit for a King

In the not too distant past, Kings Cross or St Pancras stations were hardly the places you'd want tourists to our capital city to see first. Thousands of visitors per day would arrive from all over the country to be greeted by a gritty industrial wasteland, which is putting it nicely. So once the Eurostar terminal's move to the area from Waterloo had been mooted, bringing with it European visitors, it was inevitable that regeneration of much of the locality would follow.

From one farm to another...

Set in a picturesque stately home, Champneys at Tring in Hertforshire, the UK's first health farm, as they were then called, opened over 80 years ago. After first visiting in the 80s, having tried other spa and health resorts since, my aunt, who had invited me, had always come back to Champneys and I was keen to find out why.