The Michelin-trained chef who became a TikTok star

During the pandemic, British chef Poppy O'Toole lost her job, started posting cooking videos on TikTok and has since become a huge TikTok star. — Photos: LOUISE HAGGER

How has the Covid-19 pandemic changed your life? For most people around the planet, the answer is both familiar and unsurprising: ‘It has turned my life upside down’.

British chef Poppy O’Toole’s answer is likely to be the same, but her life has been turned around in a fairly dramatic, highly unusual – and very good – way.