Julie Cushion, 47, chairman of Swindon ME and Fibromyalgia Support Group

Do you cook a lot yourself? What is your failsafe dish?

Yes I do. My failsafe dish is fish fingers.

Where do you like to eat out? How often?

I love friendly local pubs. I eat out once a month.

What do you always hope to find on a menu? For starter? Main course? Dessert?

Prawns for starter, lamb for main and banoffee pie for dessert.

Which foods did you hate as a child? Do you eat them now?

I hated mushrooms and I still do.

What is your favourite drink? Alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

My favourite alcoholic drink is cider. Non-alcoholic is pineapple juice.

Marmite: yes or no?

No.

What is your guilty pleasure when it comes to food... something you know you shouldn’t eat, but do anyway?

It's cream cakes.

You are on your own at home watching a film. What is you snack of choice?

It’s crisps.

You’re eating a bacon sandwich...ketchup, brown sauce or nothing at all?

Ketchup.