For patients who survive head and neck cancer, side effects of treatment may limit the ability to eat and swallow, to consume certain foods, to work, travel and socialise around food. Survivors may rely on a feeding tube direct into the stomach and find it difficult to return to a ‘normal’ diet.

John was diagnosed with cancer of the aerodigestive tract in April 2008, and since then he hasn't been able to eat one of his favorite foods - cheese. Working with a chef skilled in 'progressive cuisine' (or molecular gastronomy) and research team at Durham University, John is now able to prepare, and enjoy, his favorite food.