The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club: September 2025

The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club: February 2018

The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club: September 2025

1 September 2025

Welcome to the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club! Find out how it works, how to get involved and what prizes you can win.

The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club: September 2025

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.

Apply to join the Cookbook Club today!

Click here to apply to join our cookbook club, meet like-minded home cooks and share your creations for the chance to win prizes. Please make sure to answer the two simple introductory questions to speed up your application.

This month's cookbook is FUSÃO

This month we're cooking from FUSÃO by Ixta Belfrage, who you may know from co-writing OTTOLENGHI Flavour, as well as her best-selling cookbook MEZCLA. The title of this book means ‘fusion’ in Portuguese, and Ixta is bringing all her signature creativity and flair to these recipes, inspired by the kaleidoscopic cuisine of Brasil. The photography in this book is stunning and the recipes are inspiring, it is truly a cookbook to treasure.

Sweet potato gnocchi with spiced aubergine ragout

Moqueca fish burgers

Charutos with spicy tomato broth and garlic oil

Last month's winners

In August we cooked dishes from Sugar & Spice by Remi Idowu, a cookbook full of comfort food recipes to satisfy any craving. A huge congratulations to August's cookbook club winner Nicola, who wins a prize. Take a look at their entry below, as well as those from our runners up!

Our winner this month is Nicola’s braised short ribs from Sugar & Spice. Nicola made these gorgeous braised short ribs from Sugar & Spice for her Sunday dinner and it looks beautiful, especially as she served with crispy roast potatoes
Tracy's char siu BBQ pork from Sugar & Spice. The meat looks so vibrant and tender - perfectly cooked.
We loved the look of these patties by Svfreedom Hansen using chopped leftover lamb and pork. The pastry looks buttery and perfect!
Yvonne made jerk mushroom pasta and this easy midweek meal looks so comforting and wonderful. We agree it would be a lovely barbecue side dish too!
And another stunning pasta dish from Sugar & Spice is Kelly's "favourite pasta dish for a while" vodka and 'nduja rigatoni. It looks like comfort in a bowl!
We loved the look of Mark's cheeky lemon chicken from Sugar & Spice. The chicken looks so juicy and tender!
And yet ANOTHER gorgeous example of an easy midweek meal from Remi's cookbook is Harriet's take on burnt sausage pasta. Packed with flavour and on the table in under 15 minutes - what more can you ask for?!

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.