Our featured cookbook authors

Ainsley Harriott
Cookery legend and TV presenter, Ainsley Harriott, is perhaps best known for his much-loved BBC cooking shows Ready Steady Cook and Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook. Adored by British home cooks...
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Suzanne Mulholland
Suzanne Mulholland is a family cooking specialist who has revolutionised meal planning and preparation for busy households across the UK and beyond. Following the birth of her children, Suzanne, a...
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José Pizarro
José Pizarro, widely known as “The Godfather of Spanish Food” in the UK, is an award‑winning chef, restaurateur, and author celebrated for bringing authentic Spanish cooking to British tables. After...
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Julius Roberts
Julius Roberts is a chef and first-generation farmer who swapped restaurant kitchens for life on a smallholding in Dorset. Now devoted to a slower, more sustainable way of living, he...
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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
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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Max La Manna
Max La Manna began cooking at 15, starting out in his dad’s fast-casual restaurants before working late nights in kitchens across New York City and LA. Now, Max is a...
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Dominique Woolf
Dominique Woolf was the winner of Channel 4’s The Great Cookbook Challenge. Her simple, accessible East and Southeast Asian-style recipes won her a publishing contract with Penguin Michael Joseph and her...
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