BESTSELLING cooking author Annabel Karmel is one of those exceptional people who managed to turn the awful tragedy of losing her first child at just 13 weeks into something positive.

An ever growing number of mothers are setting up their own businesses instead of going back into employment to enjoy more quality time at home, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

WHETHER it’s chopping, stirring, cracking an egg or tasting, children love ‘helping’ in the kitchen, and they are doing so younger.