The kitchen in our new flat was vast. I was going to enjoy cooking here. All that it needed was a granite worktop to be fitted over the units and appliances, and it would be perfect.

I was also looking forward to setting up a rota so that CT, the other girl, and I would cook for one another each day. Then CT told me that she preferred to eat out. When I looked in her cupboard and saw a mountain of tinned food, I also started to doubt her culinary skills.