Valeria Necchio was born and raised in the Venetian countryside in Northern Italy.

After earning a BA in English and Cultural Studies and a MA in Food Culture and Communications, Valeria left her native Veneto for London, where she worked in communications for the food and hospitality industry.

All the while, she pursued her penchant for writing and photography, sharing thoughts, recipes and travel tips on her blog (Life Love Food, now archived) and contributing stories on matters of food, people, and places to a variety of international publications.

Her words and images have been featured in Monocle, The Guardian, The Art of Eating, National Geographic Traveller, Italy Segreta, Financial Times, and D di Repubblica, among others. She also appeared in the Veneto episode of Stanley Tucci’s show, Tucci in Italy.

Valeria’s debut cookbook, Veneto, a recipe-book-slash-memoir on the food of her origins, was published by Faber in 2017.

In 2021, she moved to Venice, where she has become an active member of the local community. Aside from working as a freelance feature writer, copywriter, and consultant, she is a co-founder of the creative work club, Versatile.

Her writing practice continues to live in the realm of literary nonfiction, dovetailing personal narrative, memoir and essayism, and often creating a dialogue between words and visuals.