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Judy’s approach to a new season Autumn, served by Judy Recipe 1: Soy Milk Matcha Latte Recipe 2: Spiced Butternut Squash Soup Inside Judy’s Reparative routine Making the most of evenings in Good habits, great food and room for cake FEATURED IN THIS BLOG Related readings Ready to elevate your skincare game?
As the season changes, chef Judy Joo shares her autumn reset, pairing nourishing recipes with an advanced reparative skincare ritual.
Autumn has a way of changing the rhythm of everyday life. After the travel, longer days and spontaneity of summer, routines return, temperatures drop and what we reach for in both the kitchen and our skincare starts to change.
For chef Judy Joo, cooking with the seasons means choosing ingredients when they are at their best. This autumn, she has created two recipes exclusively for 111SKIN, as well as sharing the reparative skincare ritual she turns to as her complexion adjusts to the colder months.
Together, they offer a reset from the inside out, pairing food that nourishes with targeted skincare designed to restore and rejuvenate.
Judy’s approach to a new season
Judy tends to notice the arrival of cooler weather early. The first hint of a chill, and I’m reaching for cashmere, pulling out the thicker duvet and craving anything that warms me from the inside out,” she says.
That means steaming mugs of herbal tea and fresh ginger, more time spent cooking at home and dishes suited to darker evenings. “Autumn makes home feel particularly inviting to me,” she says. “A warm kitchen, something simmering on the stove, and absolutely no compelling reason to go back outside.”
Her skincare changes too. “Autumn is when my skin starts becoming considerably more demanding,” Judy explains. “There’s less of that easy summer suppleness, and suddenly my face seems to drink up whatever I put on it.” She responds by reaching for richer textures and layers of moisture that leave her complexion feeling cushioned. Or, as she puts it, autumn turns her into “a bit of a professional cocooner”.
Autumn, served by Judy
Eating with the seasons has shaped Judy’s cooking since childhood. Growing up, her mother simply cooked according to “what looked good, what was fresh and what was meant to be eaten at that moment”. It is still how Judy approaches food today.
Her two recipes for 111SKIN capture different sides of this time of year. A warming Spiced Butternut Squash Soup celebrates deeper flavours and autumn produce, while her morning Matcha Latte is deliberately simple. “Not everything needs twelve ingredients,” she says.
Recipe 1: Soy Milk Matcha Latte
Judy’s morning matcha is “practically non-negotiable”. Matcha contains naturally occurring green-tea polyphenols, including catechins such as EGCG, while unsweetened soy milk adds creaminess and plant protein.
Mostly, though, she drinks it because she loves it. “Before emails, before meetings, before the day has had an opportunity to misbehave, there is matcha,” she says.
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon good-quality matcha
- 2 tablespoons hot water, around 80°C
- 200ml unsweetened soy milk
- Honey or maple syrup, optional
Method:
- Sift the matcha into a mug or small bowl. Add the hot water and whisk vigorously until smooth and lightly frothy.
- Gently heat the soy milk until steaming but not boiling, then froth until creamy. Pour over the matcha and stir. Add honey or maple syrup to taste, if desired.
Judy’s top tip: “Please don’t attack good matcha with boiling water. You want to coax out its delicate, grassy flavour, not punish it.”
Recipe 2: Spiced Butternut Squash Soup
When the days start getting darker earlier, Judy wants something “velvety, golden, warming and comforting without being heavy”. Her answer is a soup built around butternut squash and carrots, with ginger, nutmeg, sage and lime cutting through their natural sweetness.“
The soup came from wanting something deeply comforting but still with contrast,” she says. “I’m always looking for that tension in a dish, sweet against sharp, creamy against crunchy, rich against fresh.”
The finishing touches are integral to that balance. Lime cream brings acidity, toasted pecans add crunch and crispy sage another layer of flavour and texture. “Healthy food should never feel like penance,” says Judy.
Ingredients:
(Serves 4–6)
For the lime cream:
- 4 tbsp sour cream
- 3 tsp fresh lime juice
- Zest of 1 lime
For the soup:
- 100g unsalted butter
- 180g white onion, peeled and diced
- 2 garlic cloves, grated
- 4 thyme sprigs
- 4 sage leaves
- 1kg butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cubed
- 100g carrot, peeled and diced
- 1.1 litres chicken stock
- 14g fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- 2 pinches freshly grated nutmeg
- 100ml milk
- 3 tsp sea salt
- Black pepper, to taste
To serve:
- 4–6 crispy sage leaves
- Toasted, crushed pecans
- Freshly grated lime zest
- Lime cream
Method:
Mix the sour cream with the lime juice and zest, then refrigerate.
Fry the sage leaves in a little olive oil until crisp, then drain on kitchen paper. Toast the pecans in a dry pan over low heat for around 3 minutes.
Melt the butter in a large pan over medium heat until golden and nutty. Add the onion, garlic, thyme and sage and cook for 1–2 minutes. Add the squash and carrot and sauté until lightly coloured.
Add the stock, ginger and nutmeg and simmer for around 15 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
Remove the herbs and blend until smooth. Stir in the milk, gently reheat and season with salt and black pepper.
Serve topped with lime cream, toasted pecans, crispy sage and fresh lime zest.
Judy’s top tip: Serve with a thick slice of chewy brown sourdough for what Judy calls “a little scarpetta to mop up every last golden bit. No soup left behind.”
Inside Judy’s Reparative routine
As temperatures fall, Judy wants something different from her skincare too. “I start thinking much more about comfort,” she says. “I like richer textures, layers of hydration and products that leave my skin feeling cushioned rather than stripped.”
Her regimen centres on 111SKIN’s Reparative Collection, powered by our proprietary NAC Y²™. Developed from Dr Yannis Alexandrides’ experience treating patients at 111 Harley St., the complex combines NAC, Vitamin C and Escin to encourage repair and rejuvenation while defending against daily stressors.
Here’s how she uses the collection.
1. Prepare with Antioxidant Essence NAC Y²™
After cleansing, Antioxidant Essence NAC Y²™ is Judy’s first step. The lightweight essence hydrates and brightens while preparing her complexion for the concentrated formulas that follow.
Apply across the face and neck before serum.
2. Replenish with Y Theorem Bio Cellulose Facial Mask
When her skin feels particularly depleted, Y Theorem Bio Cellulose Facial Mask provides an intensive dose of moisture. Its bio cellulose material fits closely to the face to replenish stressed, compromised skin.
It also fits Judy’s preferred evening perfectly. “Face mask on, a great movie queued up, and absolutely no intention of emerging until further notice.”
3. Layer with Repair Serum NAC Y²™
Next comes Repair Serum NAC Y²™, the original 111SKIN icon. Born from Dr Yannis’ work with post-procedure skin, its concentrated NAC Y²™ formula targets fine lines and firmness while restoring a healthy-looking glow.
Apply after essence or masking and allow it to absorb before moisturiser.
4.Treat the eyes with Eye Lift Gel NAC Y²™
For the delicate eye contour, Eye Lift Gel NAC Y²™ provides targeted care in a lightweight texture, addressing visible signs of fatigue including fine lines and dark circles.
Apply around the orbital bone without pulling at the skin.
5. Protect by day with Repair Day Cream NAC Y²™
In the morning, Repair Day Cream NAC Y²™ provides lasting moisture while helping to strengthen the skin barrier, particularly useful when dry indoor air and lower temperatures begin to take their toll.
Apply over Repair Serum NAC Y²™ before finishing with SPF.
6. Restore overnight with Repair Night Cream NAC Y²™
Come evening, Repair Night Cream NAC Y²™ replaces her daytime moisturiser. Its richer texture replenishes overnight, completing the regimen while skin rests.
For someone who describes herself as a “professional cocooner”, it feels like an apt final step.
Making the most of evenings in
Judy’s love of an evening spent at home also creates the perfect opportunity to give her skin something extra. Alongside a face mask, a long bath and a good film, she can dedicate a little more time to treatments that benefit from consistency.
Exosome Face Lift Treatment Set fits naturally into those evenings. Used over four weeks, the two-step treatment pairs Exosome Shot Serum with Exosome Overnight Mask, bringing advanced exosome and microspicule technologies into an overnight ritual.
It is skincare that suits Judy’s self-described “professional cocooning” rather well. Apply in the evening, leave on overnight and let those nights spent firmly at home do a little more for your skin.
Good habits, great food and room for cake
For Judy, feeling good has never depended on miracle foods or rigid rules. “Eating for healthy skin is really just eating well,” she says. “Lots of colour, plenty of variety, good ingredients, and food that changes with the seasons. Most importantly, it has to taste delicious.”
Her approach to autumn follows much the same philosophy. Cook with what is at its best, adapt your skincare when your complexion asks for something different and make space for the rituals you genuinely enjoy.
There is room for indulgence too. “Food is one of life’s great pleasures,” says Judy. “When it’s your birthday, eat the cake, preferably a very good one.”
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Words approved by: Dr Yannis Alexandrides
Dr. Yannis Alexandrides, founder of 111SKIN, is a renowned cosmetic surgeon and innovator in skincare. Informed by over 30 years of medical experience, his pioneering formulas merge science and luxury, delivering unparalleled results globally, redefining skincare standards.
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