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Kitchen diaries

A look inside the home kitchens of top chefs, cooks and food writers
  • Thomasina Miers in her kitchen

    Thomasina Miers: My kitchen is the heart of my home – and of my life

    The Wahaca founder's family kitchen, designed by her father and with a dining table that can seat 14, is packed with echoes of Mexico. Interview by John Hind

  • Claudia Roden's kitchen.

    Claudia Roden: 'My kids preferred beans on toast to hummus and pitta'

    Tim Lewis: The revered food writer invites us into the 1970s room where she creates and tests recipes for friends and family

  • Anissa Helou in her kitchen in east London

    Anissa Helou: 'I don't like people who don't clear up as they cook'

    John Hind: The authority on Middle Eastern food is a stickler for cleanliness and her utensils and gadgets are meticulously arranged

  • Henry Dimbley photographed at home in Hackney, London

    Henry Dimbleby: 'When you're making dinner it gets a bit steamy'

    Eleanor Morgan: Leon's Henry Dimbleby likes Turkish grills so much that he bought an enormous one for his home

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