Elizabeth David (1913–1992)

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1. Elizabeth David

   Author of English Bread and Yeast Cookery, Is There a Nutmeg in the House?: Essays on Practical Cooking with More Than 150 Recipes, Elizabeth David Classics: Mediterranean Food, French Country Cooking, Summer Cooking

2. Jane Grigson

   Author of Jane Grigson's Fruit Book, Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery, Good Things

3. Nigel Slater

   Author of Appetite, Nigel Slater's Real Food, Real Cooking

4. Claudia Roden

   Author of The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York, Mediterranean Cookery, Ful Medames and Other Vegetarian Dishes (Penguin 60s S)

5. M. F. K. Fisher

   Author of The Art of Eating, With Bold Knife and Fork, Among Friends

6. Delia Smith

   Author of Delia Smith's Winter Collection, Delia Smith's Summer Collection: 140 Recipes for Summer, Delia's How to Cook Book Two

7. Lindsey Bareham

   Author of A Celebration of Soup: With Classic Recipes from Around the World (Cookery Library), In Praise of the Potato: Recipes from Around the World, Onions Without Tears: Cooking with Onions and Shallots, Garlic and Leeks (Penguin Cookery Library)

8. Alan Davidson

   Author of The Oxford Companion to Food, Mediterranean Seafood, North Atlantic Seafood

9. Simon Hopkinson

   Author of Roast Chicken And Other Stories, Second Helpings of Roast Chicken, The Prawn Cocktail Years

10. Nigella Lawson

    Author of How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food, Feast: Food to Celebrate Life

11. Rick Stein

    Author of Rick Stein's Taste of the Sea, English Seafood Cookery (Cookery Library), Fresh from the Sea (Penguin 60s S)

12. Richard Olney

    Author of Simple French Food, The French Menu Cookbook, Lulu's Provencal Table

13. Patricia Wells

    Author of Bistro Cooking, Patricia Wells' Trattoria, Patricia Wells at Home in Provence: Recipes Inspired By Her Farmhouse In France

14. Madhur Jaffrey

    Author of Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking, Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible, At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

15. Edouard de Pomiane

    Author of French Cooking in Ten Minutes: Adapting to the Rhythm of Modern Life (1930) (1930), Cooking with Pomiane

16. Patience Gray

    Author of Honey from a weed: feasting and fasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia, Plats Du Jour

17. Paul Theroux

    Author of Down the Yangtze, 2 Stars, Slow Trains to Simla (Penguin 60s)

18. Paula Wolfert

    Author of The Cooking of Southwest France : Recipes from France's Magnificent Rustic Cuisine, The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean: 215 Healthy, Vibrant, and Inspired Recipes, Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco

19. Waverly Root

    Author of The Food of France, The Food of Italy

20. Rose Gray

    Author of The River Cafe Cook Book, River Cafe Cookbook Green