"Ian is the most naturally gifted chef I have ever worked with"
Andrew Fairley, Andrew Fairley's Restaurant Gleneagles
Award winning, Michelin Star Chef Ian McAndrew shares his creative recipes with you in his three wonderful books.
Currently they are available on the website: CKBK
Ian McAndrew’s memoir, Just Call Me Chef, traces over five decades in professional kitchens, from a working class childhood in County Durham to Michelin starred success in London. With wit and honesty, he reveals the pressure, sacrifice and joy behind a life spent cooking at the very top.
The Mechanics of Oil is a professional guide to understanding how fats behave in real kitchens. Written for chefs, it explains structure, stability, heat, and failure through cause and effect, not rules. This is not a buying guide or nutrition manual, but a book about judgement under pressure.
The Salt Spectrum is a professional guide to understanding salt as a tool of control rather than taste. Written for chefs and serious cooks, it examines how salt affects flavour, structure, and safety, replacing folklore with clear frameworks for judgement, restraint, and deliberate decision-making in real kitchens.
A straightforward, practical 60-minute audit for real UK kitchens. This digital guide walks you through stock, purchasing, menus, labour, energy, and waste to reveal where cash is leaking and how to plug the gaps quickly. No jargon, no gimmicks, just a simple routine you can repeat weekly to protect your margins and keep service afloat.
Award winning Chef Ian McAndrew shares some delicious recipes for you to try
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