The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club: October 2023

The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club: October 2023

1 October 2023

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: October 2023

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 book: Roast Figs, Sugar Snow by Diana Henry

This month we're asking you to cook from Diana Henry's classic cookbook Roast Figs, Sugar Snow, which has recently been revisited and rereleased after almost twenty years. The book features recipes which celebrate winter food, from hearty Dublin coddle to delicate pomegranate salads.

To get a taste for the book take a look at the three recipes below.

Danish Christmas rice pudding with berry compote

Salad of pears, hazelnuts and Cashel Blue cheese

Pumpkin tarts with spinach and gorgonzola

Last month's winners

In September, we cooked from Malta and were incredibly impressed with what you all produced. Congratulations to our cookbook club winner Julie Singer, who was chosen by Simon Bajada himself. They win a prize. Take a look at Julie's entry below as well as our runners up.

Julie made sausage and cauliflower with eggs and ġbejniet, a Maltese sheep's milk cheese
Yvonne Harris made a beautiful Maltese platter, including homemade Maltese bread and sheep's milk cheeselets
Karen Rodgerson made a stunning prinjolata, a Maltese carnival cake
Stella-Maria Thomas tackled the timpana – and it turned out magnificently
Susannah Day made this summery parfait, filled with strawberries

Make sure you post photos along with commentary of the dishes you cook from Roast Figs, Sugar Snow in our Facebook group to be in with the chance of winning.

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