Writer Allan Jenkins reaps the benefits of being an early riser

Food writer and editor, Allan Jenkins, extols the benefits of being an early riser and says that 4am starts should be treasured rather than dreaded, he spoke to committed night owl Marjorie Brennan.

YOU can’t say Allan Jenkins doesn’t practise what he preaches. It’s 10.30am when I ring him to talk about his new book, Morning — How to Make Time: A Manifesto, which examines the many benefits of rising in the early hours. I’m on my second coffee of the day and eager for insights on how I can transform myself from a night owl into a lark. When I ask him what time he got up at, he laughs.