GUEST CHEFS & SPECIAL EVENTS

It’s time to dive into the rich history of Italian cooking with the iconic Gennaro Contaldo. Discover beautiful recipes that have been lost to time or slipped out of fashion, each with roots tied to Gennaro’s most cherished towns and villages.

Take a deep dive into traditional pie making with London’s King of Pies, Calum Franklin, as your guide. A self-confessed ‘pastry deviant’, Calum was the former executive chef at the Holborn Dining Room, where he launched The Pie Room – a one-stop destination for all things pies. He’s just opened a new restaurant, Public House, a British brasserie in the heart of Paris. 

Celebrate the joy and rich diversity of Caribbean food with the wonderful Marie Mitchell as your guide. Recreate vibrant, playful and expertly balanced dishes that are bursting with flavour and steeped in legacy, using recipes from her critically acclaimed cookbook, Kin – an instant modern classic.

Transport yourself to the bustling streets of Bahrain with the wonderful Noor Murad – chef and former head of Ottolenghi Test Kitchen – as your guide. Discover the rich diversity of Middle Eastern cooking and rustle up an epic spread using recipes from her new cookbook, Lugma.

Step into a haven of flavour and fun with acclaimed chef and author Kwoklyn Wan! Learn some game-changing techniques, rustle up his indulgent Sweet Vinegar Ribs and create a showstopping Chinese feast that’ll impress anyone — all straight from his cookbook, Chinese Made Easy: Simple, Modern Recipes For Every Day.

Kick off 2026 in style with some Malaysian magic! Join Mandy Yin (behind the critically acclaimed restaurant, Sambal Shiok) for a celebration of homestyle cooking. Uncover the secrets to creating mouthwatering Malaysian dishes, with minimal fuss, using genius recipes from Mandy’s beautiful second cookbook: Simply Malaysian.