I’m helping Chef Kenji into a giant broiler in the kitchen of the Four Seasons Doha. He’s laughing. In fact, the whole kitchen is amused. Productivity is at an all-time low.

I hope no one is waiting for lunch because things are on pause for now. The photographer is setting up lights, checking batteries, moving kitchen utensils.

Oh, yes, I should have mentioned... This is a cover shoot, not some weird offering to the kitchen gods. Chef Kenji and I have had a great chat. He’s the cover interview for Caterer Middle East, one of the magazines I work on as senior editor. He’s been a lot of fun and so I knew he would be up for something a little different when it came to the photo shoot.

We’ve spent a couple of days at the five-star resort, interviewing many of the senior leadership team. It’s what I do. Originally, I wanted to be the next Kate Adie. A fearless war correspondent always appearing calm under pressure as I delivered news from the front line. But instead, I’m a business-to-business journalist for the travel industry. Much safer and I still get lots of airmiles. It’s a great job.

Oh, and I once met Kate Adie and got to tell her how she inspired me as a young woman. We were both at the Dubai Literature Festival. It was a brief, but surreal, chat.