Alan Coxon

Chef and TV presenter

https://www.alancoxon.com

Biography

Alan Coxon is a TV Chef Presenter with over 1,250 TV shows to his name with shows such as “Ever Wondered about food” BBC2, 4 years on Food UKTV , the Gloria Hunniford show and “Coxon’s Kitchen College“ to name but a few. Alan is a private chef and cooks around the world for VIP’s , Royalty and Celebrities and was recently asked by Number 10 Downing Street and the Prime Minister’s office to become an Ambassador for British Food Drink and Tourism supporting the GREAT campaign. Alan is also known as “The Food Archaeologist” due to his love of food history and has created a globally unique historic food range including an Ale Gar ( vinegar produced from a 15th century Ale recipe. Alan is currently writing his 6th Cookbook on Ancient health and individual diets and has been shortlisted for the World Gourmand Award for his recent release looking at Indian cuisine entitled From “Birmingham to Bombay”.

Ma Gastronomie

Fernand Point

A book that I purchased back in South of France when I was working as a commis chef in Monte Carlo back in 1983.

My Gastronomy

Nico Ladenis

Always an inspiration during the time of my first ever restaurant in the Isle of Man.

Rainbow Cuisine

Lannice Snyman

Lannice was one of the first people to contact me on my first ever visit to South Africa, and gave me her beautiful book. Lannice became a friend and who passed away several years ago, so the book has fond memories of both the lady and the country.

White Heat

Marco Pierre White

The first ever TV show and cookbook that actually showed an honest reality of a real working kitchen , the stress (and as the title suggests), the heat ! . As a young chef, this was a revelation and delight if not shocking to the rest of the population at the time!

Farmhouse Cookery: Recipes from the Country Kitchen

Reader's Digest

A quick and easy book format that delves into a few historic and traditional simple recipes from Mediaeval cookery to Victorian era`s.

A Taste of History: 10,000 Years of Food in Britain

Peter Brears , Maggie Black , Gill Corbishley , Jane Renfrew and Jennifer Stead

Wildwood: Cooking from the Source in the Pacific Northwest

Cory Schreiber

The book is slightly dated now, but holds fond memories of filming a TV series in the USA , and visiting , cooking and learning about Native American Indian cooking, foods and alternative remadies.

Mediterranean the Beautiful Cookbook

Joyce Goldstein

Once again happy memories of my time spend in the Med, my love of it`s cuisine and a book that is full of stunning images and traditional recipes.