Meet Our Chefs

Twelve home cooks, one shared kitchen. Every recipe on this site carries the name of the person who tested it, photographed it and wrote it down.

The People Behind the Recipes

We each take a corner of the collection (breakfast, pastry, fish, dough), and every dish is cooked in a home kitchen before it reaches you.

Gunther Beard

Breakfast and small plates. Gunther keeps a sourdough starter older than his kitchen and believes every dip deserves good bread.

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Chauffina Carr

Fruit, grains and cold drinks. Chauffina develops the bowls and infusions that open most of our mornings.

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Eric Widget

Pastry and preserves. Eric tests every bake three times, and writes the version that works in a home oven.

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Quiche Hollandaise

Weekend brunch. Quiche is responsible for the pancakes, the eggs and the argument about how much butter is enough.

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Norman Gordon

Soups, stews and traybakes. Norman cooks the slow things, and photographs them while they are still steaming.

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Druid Wensleydale

Dough of every kind. Druid runs our pizza nights and has opinions about hydration percentages.

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Bailey Wonger

Fish and shellfish. Bailey shops the market at dawn and writes recipes that respect what came back.

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Pelican Steve

Sandwiches and snacks. Steve believes a grilled cheese is a serious dish and proves it on a weekly basis.

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Malcolm Function

Vegetables first. Malcolm builds the plant-based half of the collection, salads and vegan mains included.

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Dianne Ameter

Weeknight dinners. Dianne cooks for a full table on a school night and keeps the washing-up to one pan.

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Weir Doe

Fast heat. Weir handles the stir-fries, the searing and everything that is done in under half an hour.

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Niles Peppertrout

Pasta and rice. Niles makes the comfort food, and insists the sauce waits for the pasta rather than the reverse.

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