ABOUT THIS COOK:

Standup commis, fougassier, flâneur. Wanted for crimes against banality. If you see this person report at once to Speznaz.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Jellyfish with pork shank. Yum!

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Something with really good imported, tinned tuna in olive oil. E.g. salad nicoise, pan bagnat

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My mother's cookbooks which include 1st edtions of the New York Times Cookbook by Craig Claiborne and Gourmet's Basic French Cookbook by Louis Diat

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  8