Kitchen diaries
A look inside the home kitchens of top chefs, cooks and food writers
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: '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: '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 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