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Book review: 'Sea & Shore: Recipes and Stories from a Kitchen in Cornwall' by Emily Scott

08 July 2021 by

Sea & Shore is the first book from Cornwall-based chef-restaurateur Emily Scott, former leaseholder of the St Tudy Inn in Bodmin, operator of Watergate Bay’s newest restaurant, host chef for the recent G7 Summit and a competitor on BBC Two’s[...]

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Book review: Crave by Ed Smith

01 July 2021 by

"This is for anyone who is currently thinking about their next meal, but can’t decide in which direction to turn,” writes Ed Smith in the opening pages of his third cookbook.

Recipe of the week: Whole burnt aubergine with charred egg yolk, tahini and chilli sauce Chef

Recipe of the week: Whole burnt aubergine with charred egg yolk, tahini and chilli sauce

03 June 2021 by

This is the essence of our food, distilled into a single dish.

Book review: Simply Raymond: Recipes from Home, by Raymond Blanc Chef

Book review: Simply Raymond: Recipes from Home, by Raymond Blanc

27 May 2021 by

Raymond Blanc’s beaming smile adorned a cookery book for the very first time back in 1988[...]

Book review: Petersham Nurseries, by the Boglione Family Chef

Book review: Petersham Nurseries, by the Boglione Family

20 May 2021 by

May is a fitting month for Petersham Nurseries to publish its first book, as the UK[...]

Book review: Makan: Recipes from the Heart of Singapore, by Elizabeth Haigh Chef

Book review: Makan: Recipes from the Heart of Singapore, by Elizabeth Haigh

13 May 2021 by

After winning a Michelin star at Pidgin aged just 27, for her next venture Elizabeth Haigh[...]

Book review: For the Love of the Sea, compiled by Jenny Jefferies Chef

Book review: For the Love of the Sea, compiled by Jenny Jefferies

29 April 2021

Recent reports of the fishing industry and the seafood caught off the British coastline have usually been framed in the context of arduous Brexit negotiations and disputes over quotas, a backdrop that even a large haul of freshly harvested oysters[...]

Book review: Ripe Figs by Yasmin Khan Chef

Book review: Ripe Figs by Yasmin Khan

22 April 2021

Ripe Figs is Yasmin Khan’s latest collection of recipes and stories, focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean.

Book review: Chefs at Home by Hospitality Action Chef

Book review: Chefs at Home by Hospitality Action

15 April 2021 by

Charity Hospitality Action has been there for those most desperately in need this past year, through[...]

Book review: Australia: The Cookbook by Ross Dobson Chef

Book review: Australia: The Cookbook by Ross Dobson

08 April 2021 by

Ross Dobson is an Australian food writer, stylist and chef who has established cafés and restaurants[...]

Book review: 'Today’s Special: 20 Leading Chefs Choose 100 Emerging Chefs' Chef

Book review: 'Today’s Special: 20 Leading Chefs Choose 100 Emerging Chefs'

01 April 2021 by

What’s next for hospitality? It’s a question nobody can answer in these uncertain times. But thanks[...]

Book review: The Italian Deli Cookbook by Theo Randall Chef

Book review: The Italian Deli Cookbook by Theo Randall

25 March 2021 by

Theo Randall’s third cookbook is a paean to instinctive cooking inspired by store cupboard ingredients.

Book review: Hawksworth, by David Hawksworth Chef

Book review: Hawksworth, by David Hawksworth

11 March 2021

Vancouverite David Hawksworth’s contemporary Canadian food might exalt West Coast produce like spot prawns, sablefish and sockeye salmon, but there is an unmistakably European accent to the recipes in his first cookbook.

Book review: The Kitchen Without Borders Chef

Book review: The Kitchen Without Borders

04 March 2021

The Kitchen Without Borders is a collection of recipes from the chefs at Eat Offbeat, a New York-based catering company founded by Lebanon-born siblings Manal Kahi and Wissam Kahi in 2015 that seeks to create quality jobs for refugee and[...]

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The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

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