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Jess Porter is an Author from Brighouse who has Created a range of books called the YumYums.



The books have been designed to encourage children of the Benefits of eating their 5-a-day and also help educate on certain morals values & safety messages.

Jess came up with the idea after a family trip to Blackpool and whilst stuck in traffic on the way home, decided to entertain her children by naming the leftovers of their packed lunch. This was the birth Of the YumYums.



Biography - Jess Porter (pen name) Was born in Brighouse, West Yorkshire on 2nd January 1974. Her first school was Woodhouse J & I School in Brighouse & secondary school was Rastrick High School. After leaving school she started working for a local stationery company, Hunt & Broadhurst Ltd as office Junior. After working here for 8 years she then decided to have a career change and joined the Going Places holiday team at the Brighouse Branch. After having her first child she then worked for Lunn Poly (Thomson) where she had her 2nd child. After discovering that being tied to the office wasnt her ideal career, she then managed to secure a post as Field Sales Executive with Magsons of York, where she was back selling stationery along with Toys. Jess created the YumYums and wrote the first 10 stories, whilst working full time but when she got made redundant in October 2008, she then dedicated her time into making the YumYums a success.

Her first success story was managing to secure a prime position within Borders Bookshops & was invited to tour the nation along with her characters and her sponsor Capespan International.

Jess Porter now has an exciting time ahead of her after appearing on Dragons Den on 30th August 2010.



Visit the yumyums website on http://www.5adayworld.co.uk