About

Andrew Thomas Heusser (AKA plain Andrew Thomas) is a born and bred Englishman of Swiss heritage.  He’s related to Johanna Heusser Spyri, writer of the Heidi novels. The family name is pronounced “HOYZER”.

He has been an Engineer (B.Sc Eng Hons,  Imperial College, London 1971) in hard rock mining, explosives etc. I think there was a misunderstanding when, as a young guitarist, he said he wanted to be in hard rock.

The rest of his adult life he's been a photographer, (firstly a portraitist and later in advertising in London), a professional chef, and amateur musician.  He likes to tinkle on an old acoustic guitar with friends or in restaurants. He hopes to peak late as a writer.

He has numerous one-man photography exhibitions in South Africa, England and France, and has won awards in portraiture and a Merit Award at the prestigious AOP Awards in London. He has lectured on his photography in Germany, Holland, Britain and South Africa.

In recent years he has worked doing his photography in the Cognac industry in France and with his wife has owned and run a successful café/restaurant in Devon, UK, serving his own dishes, with his pictures on the walls and his guitar on a hook, which has resulted in some impromptu “unplugged” sessions.

He intends to drift back into photography as opportunities present themselves, do some photography lecturing (cruise ships would be nice?) and write about his extensive travels and amusing experiences.

His literary creation Kenwood the Chef is yet to be released upon an unsuspecting world.

Kenwood, (Ken for short), is a fictitious Cro-Magnon bi-pedal hominid of Palaeolithic-Neanderthal descent, who lives in a cave on Dartmoor.  He’s a throwback, which means he earns a few extra quid as a pub bouncer, throwing drunks out backwards at closing time, otherwise known as “chuck out time”. Bets are taken on actual measured “yardage” and Ken’s physique is getting frightening. We assure him “drunk chucking” is soon to become an Olympic event.

His relatives can be seen around Torquay harbour on a Friday night.  He is accident prone and the butt of some very cruel jokes. The guys like to feed misinformation to wind up their novelty friend, like the time he really did go bog-snorkelling. All manner of amusing misfortunes, adventures and misadventures befall dear old Ken.

"No Peas for the Wicked" by Tom Heusser, as hilarious as it is hysterical, is due to be published when it's finished.  Ken continues to be disastrous, so the tell-all story book is growing all the time.  It could be a while, but hopefully it will hit the shelves during 2018.  It will become a best seller.  The TV series and feature film will follow in due course so that Tom and his family can finally live in a house.

If you've got this far, get ready, you will definitely go to heaven.  But hopefully not just yet.