Welcome to the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club! Find out how it works, how to get involved and what prizes you can win.
Welcome to the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club! Find out how it works, how to get involved and what prizes you can win.
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.
This month we're asking you to cook from Great Roasts by Gelf Alderson. It features recipes which can be made in the oven, from classics like roast lamb and potatoes, to roast peaches and oven kedgeree. It's the perfect sort of food for winter when you're craving things which are toasty and comforting.
Buy a copy of Great Roasts here. To get a taste for the book take a look at the three recipes below.
In November, you all cooked dishes from Great British Chefs' very own Open Kitchen and we were incredibly impressed with what you all produced. Congratulations to our cookbook club winner Sophie Hyam. They win a prize. Take a look at Sophie's entry below as well as our runners up.
Make sure you post photos along with commentary of the dishes you cook from Great Roasts in our Facebook group to be in with the chance of winning.