The Guy Behind The Bacon

Hey! I’m Chris – The guy behind Don’t Go Bacon My Heart 👋

Don’t Go Bacon My Heart is a blog dedicated to ridiculously delicious comfort food that’s worth making.

I firmly believe life’s too short for disappointing dinners.

It genuinely makes me happy knowing one of my recipes became someone’s new family favourite or was requested again the following week. That’s why every recipe you’ll find here has one goal: to be a recipe you’ll make again and again.

A little about me…

I grew up in Weston-Super-Mare, a town in the South-West of England. I left for university at 18 to study psychology at Cardiff Uni, but if I’m honest, I had little intention of being a psychologist from the get-go. I was just absolutely dying to go to experience university life!

During uni, I spent a couple of Summers abroad working in the USA at Summer camps for kids with mental and physical special needs. It was incredibly demanding work, but it offered me a huge amount of life experience and left me with some of my most cherished memories.

So how did you end up here?

I don’t want to start with the cliche ‘I’ve always loved food’, but it really is true.

I was brought up on comfort food such as Cottage Pie and Lasagne and also loved cooking as a child. I had my very own kids cookbook which I’d use to make homemade pizzas and Victoria sponge cake. I studied D&T Food at school and spent many evenings after school creating various different pasta sauce combinations for dinner!

Strangely enough, I never saw food as a career. The idea of working in a kitchen made me sweat just thinking about it, and since I had no formal training my options were somewhat limited.

In 2015 it all changed for me. I had just graduated from university and was saving money to go to Australia. It’s funny, I guess you can pin everything down to a photo I uploaded to Instagram. It was just a photo of my incredibly average dinner that evening. I have it buried away on my private account still, but since you’re here, I’ll show you the photo in question

From there, I made a separate Instagram dedicated to food. Mainly just to stop annoying my friends and family with my food photos. But also because I became obsessed with trying to create the most delicious and creative dinners I could. After that, I decided to create a blog so I could start writing up the recipes alongside the dinners I was posting.

Every minute of every day I spent thinking about my next recipe. Even as I travelled Australia I kept the blog going, uploading recipes where and when I could. Be it in a campervan in the outback or in an Airbnb kitchen, you’d find me working on the blog.

When I got back from Australia (with a degree I didn’t want to use and a prolonged crisis of not knowing what I was doing with my future) I knew if I was going to make something of the blog it had to be now. As such, I moved back in with my Dad, set up a very make-shift studio in his garage and spent hours upon hours desperately trying to turn the blog into a business. And, well, here we are!

In reality though I’m still uploading my dinners, still creating various different pasta sauce combinations and still beyond obsessed with all things food

What are you serving up on the blog?

I create the kind of recipes that people actually ask you to make again. You know… the ones where everyone suddenly becomes very interested in what’s left in the pan 😏.

From Creamy Garlic Mushroom Chicken and Cottage Pie Baked Potatoes to Tomato Butter Pasta and Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad, every recipe starts with one very important question:

“Would I be genuinely excited to eat this?”

If the answer isn’t an immediate yes, it doesn’t make it onto the blog.

You’ll find hearty, flavour-packed comfort food that’s designed to earn compliments, satisfy picky eaters and become part of your regular dinner rotation.

Every recipe is developed, tested and photographed by me in my own kitchen. I include step-by-step photos, a video and plenty of honest tips because I want you to nail it first time.

My goal is simple: to help you cook something ridiculously delicious that’s worth making.

Check out my recipes by Category and by Ingredient. There’s also a search bar at the right hand side of every page if you’re after something specific.

Comfy Cookbook

On 26th October 2023 I also had the absolute joy of releasing my debut cookbook ‘Comfy’. This book is a love letter to comfort food and contains a collection of my very best dinners for any occasion, any day of the week.

You can check out my info and order a copy right here: Comfy Cookbook.

Press

Okay, time for some trumpet blowing. I’m beyond fortunate to say that my blog is visited by millions and millions of people every year. I’ve also managed to amass a social media following of almost 4 million people too. To know that many people trust my recipes is still difficult to get my head around 🤯

Alongside winning in the culinary category at the UK Blog Awards in 2019, I’ve also been featured in the Vuelio Top 10 Food Blogs in both 2021, 2022 and still holding strong in 2025. I’ve had the opportunity to work with brands such as Iceland & Sainsbury’s and have also increased my profile state-side with features on Buzzfeed, Parade Magazine, RightThisMinute and Good Morning America.

In early 2026, I found out I was shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason ‘Content Creator of the Year’ award. This is essentially the Oscars of the food world, so to even be nominated, and still be recognised this long into my career is a crazy feeling.

Yes, that’s me feeling like an imposter front and centre.

Towards the end of 2019, I ended up stepping out from behind the blog and actually found myself on a TV show.

I’ve always said I’d never in a million years go on TV, but when the offer going on Netflix’s brand new show Crazy Delicious to serve food to Heston Blumenthal on a completely edible set was put in front of me, I couldn’t resist! The show was a huge success across the globe, reaching the top 3 in the charts, reaching millions on people. I came runner up, which I was extremely proud of.

How can I get in touch?

You can find me on social media – Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest  | TikTok Got a burning question? Checkout out my Contact page and drop me a message. Also, be sure to check out my FAQ Page!

Right, that’s all from me for now! I hope you stick around to find your new favourite meal and thanks so much for stopping by and making it this far!

See you again soon 🙂

Chris xx

(Love a sandwich? Check out my sandwich blog – Something About Sandwiches.)