Kate Johns
Director

Go to restaurant:

Temper, Soho

Favourite Occasion Restaurant:

L'enclume, Simon Rogan's Lake District restaurant. Amazing

Signature Cocktail:
Tommy's Margarita

Couldn't Live Without:
Chocolate Cake and anything made from pig

Most Splattered Cookbooks:

Most of Diana Henry’s cookbooks but if I had to pick one, A Bird in the Hand, plus Ottolenghi (the original) and Action Bronson’s F*** That’s Delicious for the Explosive Chicken (which is the best fried chicken ever) and the Chocolate Chip Cookies with Honey Salt Butter (made with Guittard chocolate chips!)

Signature Dish:
Chicharrones de Cadiz from the Morito cookbook

Filthy Food Secret:
M&S Melt in the Middle Chocolate Puddings

Food Hate:
Saffron

Current Food Obsession:
Anything from my deep fat fryer

Favourite Kitchen Gadget:
Slow Cooker

Ultimate Comfort Food:
Classic Victoria Sponge

Sarah Tickle
Senior Account Manager

Go To Restaurant:
Tonkotsu Soho

Favourite Food Discovery:
Grilled Piggy Aubergine at Cây Tre

Signature Cocktail:
Slow Comfortable Screw

Couldn't Live Without:
Spring Onions, Red Chilli and Coriander

Most Splattered Cookbook:
Diana Henry's Simple

Signature Dish:
King Prawn, Chilli and Tomato Linguine

Filthy Food Secret:
Spaghetti Hoops for Breakfast (not even on toast)

Current Food Obsession:
Steak Tartare

Food Hate:
Bananas

Favourite Kitchen Gadget:
My Knife

Ultimate Comfort Food:
Japanese Rice Crackers

Alex Scripps
Senior Account Manager

Go To Restaurant:
Brat

Favourite Food Discovery:
Petit Lucques

Signature Cocktail:
Negroni

Couldn't Live Without:
Maldon Salt

Most Splattered Cookbook:
The Internet

Signature Dish:
Lentils Vinaigrette

Filthy Food Secret:
Double Saveloy & Chips

Current Food Obsession:
Pastel Crockery

Food Hate:
Truffles & peeling potatoes

Favourite Kitchen Gadget:
Microplane

Ultimate Comfort Food:
Roast potatoes

Phoebe Cleghorn
Senior Digital Account Executive

Go To Restaurant:
Chick 'n' Sours

Signature Cocktail:
Sidecar

Couldn't Live Without:
Dark Chocolate

Most Splattered Cookbook:
Simple by Ottolenghi

Filthy Food Secret:
Dr Pepper Zero

Current Food Obsession:
Ice Cream Sundaes

Food Hate:
Anything Labelled ‘Guilt-Free’

Favourite Kitchen Gadget:
Food Processor

Ultimate Comfort Food:
Curry Goat and Mac 'n' Cheese

Charlotte Carter
Account Executive

Favourite Local Discovery:
The Wandercrust residency at The Crown in Greenwich

Favourite Occasion Restaurant:
Flour and Grape

Signature Cocktail:
A peach bellini

Couldn't Live Without:
Butter!

Most Splattered Cookbooks:
The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

Signature Dish:
Carbonara

Filthy Food Secret:
Honey chipolatas, soft bread rolls and warm ketchup

Food Hate:
Pad Thai

Current Food Obsession:
Runny scotch eggs

Favourite Kitchen Gadget:
A good old wooden spoon

Ultimate Comfort Food:
Malteser cheesecake

Imogen James
Digital Assistant

Favourite Local Discovery:

Hot Wok Kitchen in Archway

Favourite food discovery:

Xi'an Biang Biang noodles

Favourite Occasion Restaurant:

Les Garrigues in Norwich

Signature Cocktail:

Tom Collins

Couldn't Live Without:

Bran flakes

Most Splattered Cookbooks:

Mary Berry's Baking Bible

Signature Dish:

Spinach and ricotta cannelloni

Filthy Food Secret:

Quorn Southern Fried Bites smothered in mayo

Food Hate:

Caramelised onions

Current Food Obsession:

Smoked paprika

Favourite Kitchen Gadget:

Garlic crusher

Ultimate Comfort Food:

Mac and cheese

Sophie Dann
PR Assistant

Favourite food discovery:

Crab Tostadas

Favourite occasion restaurant:

Bala Baya

Signature cocktail:

English Garden

Couldn’t live without:

Chili Jam

Most Splattered cookbooks:

Sam Stern- Cooking up a storm

Signature dish:

Home made Ravioli

Filthy food secret:

Mac & Cheese with ketchup

Food hate:

Tempeh

Current food obsession:

Modern Indian (chaat) and Olio

Fave kitchen gadget:

A really sharp knife

Ultimate comfort food:

Paneer Tikka Masala