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IssueWinter 2021

Her Master’s Voice

The Cooks Company has made a significant leap in its transition into the 21st century and appointed its first female Master.

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From fancy dress to flying the flag

New Master Virginia Bond charts a thirty-year generational journey

 

Mansion House

Another first as the Cooks bag multiple seats at the top tables

 

Diary 2022

Looking forward optimistically to 2022 with some key dates...

 

City Food Lecture set to host Arla Foods chairman

The next City Food Lecture, which celebrates the 21st anniversary of the Cooks’ sponsored event will take place on February 17.

 

Restaurants struggle to find staff

Hospitality is the second most badly hit sector after health and social care and restaurants throughout the country are struggling to find staff.

History  

How many Royal Mandates does one Company need?

Cooks’ historian Paul Herbage outlines (in appropriate script) an eight-year struggle to draft a new Charter.

Recipe  

Recipes Winter 2021

Christmas Pudding for 200 and Tian of Salmon from Liveryman Simon Fooks

Master's Review  

Master’s Review 2021

Some Closing Thoughts from the Late Master

Lord Mayor  

They partied like it was 1999 and no one had heard of COVID

Members of the Company who were at the Mansion House Dinner a few weeks ago heard the Master say it was the first time in living memory that the Cooks had dined there.

Cooks Families  

Harold Kenyon

The man who founded a wide-ranging Cooks dynasty

Cooks Charity  

Who do the Worshipful Company of Cooks support?

See how we support the art of cookery.

Cooks Charity  

Hackney School of Food

The Place for Chefs of All Ages

 

International memories of Afghanistan and Yemen

Two Journeys into the past before the no-go zones arrived

Cooks Charity  

How and Why the giving in the City began

Charity, despite the cliché, did not begin at home but abroad. It worked its way into the heart of the Livery ethos after an earlier, and more significant, Brexit.

 

Marathon man does it again

Philippe decided, once again, to participate in the London and Paris Marathons this year.

Shooting  

Inter-Livery Clay Pigeon 2021

The Cook’s Guns met at Holland & Holland for their now traditional pre-competition practice day.

Candlemas  

Candlemas 2022

Planning is going ahead for the Cooks to hold their traditional Candlemas Service

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