Jun 21, 2026 · 4 min · 6 segments
On this week's Hall of Fame, prepare to bask in the glorious Provençal sunshine, as you sit under grapevines, drinking Rosé and tucking into the most delicious goat's cheese salad. This is the world…
Claire ThomsonGuest
Oswin BakerHost
Carla O'ShaughnessyHost
And when I first started being a chef in my early 20s, my head chefs gave me this reading list.
And he sort of gave this list of names of the people I should be reading if I really wanted to be in the world of food and cookery.
So I had Claudia Rodin, Paula Wolfert, Jane Grigson, Elizabeth David, Alan Davidson, and Richard Olney.
And his book, The French Menu Cookbook, is supposed to be, word has it, the best cookbook ever written.
Imagine the glamour of, like, Provence in the 60s and drinking gallons of rosé and having people around in my garden and everyone being really romantic and gorgeous and the sun is dappling under the olive tree.
And, you know, he had this cool little house in Provence and had gorgeous people come and stay for the weekend.
And he wrote this book, his diaries, and he doesn't finish the diaries because he dies.
And it's really sad because his brothers sit at the kitchen table to finish the book and they write the end of the book.
His name is not a name which I know of, but that book of his, when I've been researching for this episode, it's always at the top of the list of the greatest cookery book.
And when I first started being a chef in my early 20s, my head chefs gave me this reading list.
And he sort of gave this list of names of the people I should be reading if I really wanted to be in the world of food and cookery.
So I had Claudia Rodin, Paula Wolfert, Jane Grigson, Elizabeth David, Alan Davidson, and Richard Olney.
And his book, The French Menu Cookbook, is supposed to be, word has it, the best cookbook ever written.
Imagine the glamour of, like, Provence in the 60s and drinking gallons of rosé and having people around in my garden and everyone being really romantic and gorgeous and the sun is dappling under the olive tree.
And, you know, he had this cool little house in Provence and had gorgeous people come and stay for the weekend.
And he wrote this book, his diaries, and he doesn't finish the diaries because he dies.
And it's really sad because his brothers sit at the kitchen table to finish the book and they write the end of the book.
His name is not a name which I know of, but that book of his, when I've been researching for this episode, it's always at the top of the list of the greatest cookery book.
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