Mikey Bell is a Welsh-speaking, Cardiff-based author and brand marketing manager.
His debut food memoir, How an Egg Changed My Life, published by Calon Books, is available now.
How an Egg Changed My Life is a food memoir that tracks the story of finding identity and joy and follows Mikey through 35 years, 13 recipes, and 4 countries, including an existential trip to Italy to cook, explore, and redefine the meaning of modern fulfilment.
It featured on 2026 must-read and best new book lists and reached number 1 for new releases on Amazon for British food books.
Mikey is a former columnist for Voice magazine and Buzz magazine and his writing and recipes have been featured in/on:
The Western Mail
Vegan Food & Living
The Love Food/Hate Waste campaign
Blasus
Eating Out Wales
Halen Môn
Quench
The National Lottery Community project
Nigella Lawson and Foodim’s Recipe of the Day
He’s been mentioned in BBC Good Food magazine and on Buzzfeed, Wriggle, Bionic Iconic, and has been a guest on BBC Radio Wales, Cardiff Radio and New York-based podcast, In Yo Mouth. He has also collaborated with brands such as House of Fraser, Cole & Mason, and Ekologi.
He has also written three e-cookbooks and writes a newsletter, MIKEY MAIL, which you can subscribe to here.
Mikey lives in Cardiff with his partner and their two French Bulldogs, Waffle and Rico. He enjoys fried chicken, charity shops, a never-ending stack of TBR books, and Dolly Parton.
You can follow him on Instagram here.
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