Tom Norrington Davies is a cook and writer. In 1996, as a young chef, he joined the team at London's seminal gastro pub, The Eagle. It was ten years before he left. During that time he produced his first and best known cookbook, Just Like Mother Used To Make (Cassell Illustrated ,2004). He is author of two other recipe collections: Cupboard Love (Hodder, 2005) and Game (Absolute Press, 2008) which he wrote with his friend and fellow chef Trish Hilferty. Tom was co-owner of the celebrated Great Queen Street restaurant in Covent Garden. Shortly after it opened in 2007 it won the ITV London Food award for best British restaurant. Tom lives in South London with his partner. He is a longtime practitioner of Astanga Yoga and travels annually to Mysore, India, to study this life affirming discipline with his teacher.