HV Coombs was born in London and post university worked in TEFL for many years in the UK and abroad. With a wife working full-time in business, he re-trained as a Chef so he could combine a job with looking after his two children. He has cooked in a variety of places, hotels, Conference Centres, restaurants before becoming Sous Chef in an award-winning Gastro pub.

His interests include food, art, boxing, Tai Chi, eating out and dogs.

He says of  the book :

‘A Taste of Death is not just a story that will hopefully amuse and interest the reader. It is an attempt to give some insight as to what it feels like to work in the high pressure environment of the top end of the catering industry where cooking is not just a way of life but more important sometimes than life itself.’