After reading English at Cambridge Orlando Murrin became a journalist. While working on Cosmopolitan, his lifelong passion for cooking resulted in him reaching the semi-finals of BBC2's Masterchef. In 1997 his career and his culinary skills were combined in the role of Editor, BBC Good Food magazine. His first cookbook, The Clever Cook, was a collection of his columns for the Daily Express. In 2003, he published The No Cook Cookbook. His boutique b&b, The Manoir de Raynaudes, opened in June 2004.