Sam Cooper is a Sunday Times bestselling author and chef-turned-gardener now working full-time on a farm on the West Wales coast. His fascination with homegrown produce has grown along with his Instagram - @chef.sam.black has more than half a million followers - where he posts delicious ferment recipes using seasonal ingredients. Sam wrote the In the Kitchen chapter of The Self-Sufficiency Garden (March 2024), The Fermentation Kitchen (November 2024), and co-wrote How to Grow Food (March 2026). He is also a photographer and illustrator.