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Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver is one of the key figures in the British food world and has delighted home cooks with his TV shows and books for over 20 years. Best known...

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Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson is the inimitable author of twelve bestselling cookbooks including How To Eat, Feast, Nigella Christmas, At My Table and her latest book Cook, Eat, Repeat. A genius recipe...

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Mary Berry

Mary Berry

Food writer, TV star, much-loved former Great British Bake Off judge and queen of baking, Mary Berry has been teaching the nation to cook for over five decades. She is the author...

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Yotam Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi

Chef, food writer and best-selling cookbook author, Yotam Ottolenghi, has become a household name, teaching the British public how to put bold Middle-Eastern recipes and veg-championing dishes on the table. He has co-authored...

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Latest books from Yotam

Ottolenghi COMFORT

Ottolenghi COMFORT

Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh, Tara Wigley, Verena Lochmuller

Extra Good Things

Yotam Ottolenghi, Noor Murad, The Ottolenghi Test Kitchen Team
Nadiya Hussain

Nadiya Hussain

Nadiya Hussain is a baker, TV chef and presenter, and author, who won the sixth series of The Great British Bake Off in 2015. After wowing Paul Hollywood and Mary...

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Rick Stein

Rick Stein

AKA: The king of seafood. Occupation: Chef, restaurateur, TV presenter and author. Best known for: His passion for cooking with fresh, sustainable seafood. Usually found: In the Cornish fishing town...

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Rukmini Iyer

Rukmini Iyer is an author, recipe writer and food stylist who has shot into the limelight in recent years with her best-selling collection of one-tin recipe books. Her million-copy-selling cookbook...

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Melissa Hemsley

Melissa Hemsley

Melissa is a self-taught chef, best-selling cookbook author, real food activist and sustainability champion. She believes in the power of feel-good, fresh, joyful food to nourish our bodies and the...

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Meera Sodha

Meera Sodha

Chef, food writer and best-selling author, Meera Sodha, shot into the limelight in 2014 with her debut cookbook, Made in India, introducing readers to fresh, vibrant and easy Indian cooking. Born...

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