JACKIE MITCHELL
Features Writer, Content Creator and Editor
Jackie Mitchell is an experienced freelance journalist, content creator and editor with over 20 years’ experience. She delivers top copy at top speed. She is well known as a freelance contributor in the health, food and drink, restaurant and hospitality sectors. Also, for her expertise in writing about food allergies and food intolerances.
She provides a regular health column to a national magazine and contributes food and drink articles to magazines and online.
Jackie is regularly called up for feature writing and editing services in varied business sectors.
Food Allergy and Food Intolerance Expertise
Jackie has written many times over the years about food allergies and food intolerances and ‘free from’ foods. She has also written about how, and where, you can eat out when you have gluten and dairy allergies. Being intolerant to gluten herself and with family members who are intolerant to dairy, her writing work helps readers and journalists looking for information on the subject.
She is a Food Judge and Co-ordinator for the Great Taste Awards and Quality Food Awards and the Free From Awards.
PR Consultant
Jackie Mitchell is a public relations consultant with over 20 years' experience, providing PR services for small businesses. Her background is in journalism and she continues to contribute articles and features to a raft of media.
Well known in the industry, she has an in-depth knowledge of the press and the online media world. She has a record of being an expert media representative for companies with the ability to showcase the right stories to the right target audiences.
Her ethos is:- “No expensive advertising – only value for money publicity.”
Entertaining
Coming from a theatrical family, Jackie has always loved singing and performing on stage.
She has sung in choirs for many years in the UK and abroad. In 2020 she took some time to work on a solo tribute show to Doris Day. During performances she sings and talks about the life of the Hollywood superstar.
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Career
Jackie’s working background includes staff journalist positions on national daily newspapers, magazines and radio stations in the UK. For some years she worked in Australia, Hong Kong and New York. After returning to London, she worked as account director at several major London PR agencies before setting up as an independent consultant.
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Leisure
In her leisure time, she is a ‘foodie’ and a keen writer of fiction.
While enjoying living and working in beautiful Surrey with the open spaces (and shops!), she also travels around the UK and to European cities when she can.
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Entertainer
Jackie has performed at a few local gigs in 2023 and 2024.
In 2025 her tribute act ‘Doris Daydream’ is touring care homes and community centres around Surrey.
There have been nine performances so far, just in January 2025!
Accreditations
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Chartered Institute of Public Relations
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National Union of Journalists
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Society of Authors
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Guild of Food Writers
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Society of Women Writers and Journalists
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Women in Journalism