Graham Kerr

Cookbook author and TV chef (formerly "The Galloping Gourmet")

An important reference for me at the Royal Ascot Hotel. Ms Spry was a customer, she was the Martha Stewart of her day. Rosemary Hume did some really good work on the food for home cooks who needed lots of help after World War II.

Sally Vincent

Blogger at Raining Sideways

Rosemary Hume taught a very reluctant teenage student at Winkfield Place that cooking was a pleasure, an adventure, fun and not a chore. I still find myself returning to the pages of this old friend.

Sybil Kapoor

Writer and broadcaster

This book is filled with wonderful family recipes from preserves to picnics, but like all my favourite books, it also conveys a sense of the authors with its commentary.

Lauraine Jacobs

Author and columnist

My bible for food, for as a Cordon Bleu graduate it has everything I ever need to know on classic cookery.

Trine Hahnemann

Food writer, Chef and owner of Hahnemannns Køkken

Explained English cooking to me and inspired we when developing recipes.

Tom Jaine

Food writer

Every time we need information, we go here first.

Matthew Fort

Food writer and critic

Jeremy Lee

Executive Chef Patron, Quo Vadis, Soho

Charmaine Solomon

Author

Andrew Peters

Proprietor Green Park Brasserie, Bath Function Rooms, Green Park Express

Justin Gellatly

Co founder and Master Baker at Bread Ahead

Debbie Major

Food writer and food stylist

CJ Jackson

Principal and Chief Executive, Billingsgate Seafood School

Stephen Bull

Chef