Even with the vast number of recipes available on the internet these days, there’s nothing quite like leafing through a beautiful book full of recipes. It’s a medium that’s stronger than ever before, with cookbooks topping bestseller charts throughout the year. If you’re anything like us then you’ll have shelves upon shelves of them in your home – some kept in pristine condition, others earmarked, stained and scrawled over after years of use.

It’s this national love for cookbooks that has prompted us to start our very own cookbook club. Each month we’ll select a cookbook that we think stands out from the rest and ask you, the Great British Chefs community, to cook a recipe from it. We’ll publish a small selection of recipes on our site so, even if you don’t already have the book, you can still get involved and see how your cooking compares to everyone else’s. Apply to join the Facebook group here and take a look at this month's book (and recipes) below. We've also included the winning post from last month's book, as well as some of our other favourite entries.

Join us in August for Throwback Month, where we cook through the archives of previous cookbook club books. Choose from any of your favourite submissions over the years. You can find more details and list of eligible books in the file section of the group.

For July, we cooked from MEDesque, the brilliant new cookbook from Georgina Hayden, inspired by the vibrant flavours from the coastlines of Italy, Spain, the Balkans and beyond.

This month's winner is Lizz Rennie with her Basil Viennetta. We were very impressed by her effort to make this unusual twist on classic, a recipe which has also intrigued us at GBC

Make sure you post photos along with commentary of the dishes you cook this month in our Facebook group to be in with the chance of winning.