A college work placement with the
BBC's Vegetarian
Good Food magazine led to a position as a senior writer for Good Food, following which she worked as Food Editor for
Marks and Spencer magazine. Her first work in television was with
Ainsley Harriott as a food stylist, but she was subsequently promoted to presenter. She starred in the 2002 BBC series
The Best. Franco is the author of several cookbooks, including 'Family Food' (2006) and 'The Really Useful Ultimate Student Cookbook' (2007). Silvana writes for many UK publications including The Telegraph, BBC Good Food and Waitrose Weekend. == Personal life ==