Places

Our interviewees recommend their favourite restaurants, cafés, bars, food shops and markets in the local area

Jess Murphy’s Galway Address Book
The chef-owner of Kai recommends a cheesemonger with a wine bar upstairs, a must-visit farmers' market and a bookselling fruit & veg shop

Mitch Tonks’ Devon & Dorset Address Book – The chef and food writer picks a stunningly located oyster restaurant, "the most fantastic" curry house and a "great, if grumpy" butcher

Louise McGuane’s Clare Address Book – The owner of Chapel Gate Whiskey recommends a "phenomenal" seafood pub, an Irish cheese specialist and a favourite long-running bakery

Gill Meller’s Devon & Dorset Address Book – The food writer and chef on unfussy restaurant he really likes, an "incredible" off-grid smallholding and his favourite local chippie

Elisabeth Luard’s London Address Book – The food writer recommends an exuberant and inexpensive Persian restaurant in Chiswick, a grand Soho institution and a brilliant west London farmers' market

Sam Gleeson and Niamh Fox’s Ireland Address Book
The furniture maker and chef recommend a great pub for cheese toasties, their favourite place to go in Ireland for a special meal, and a local community farm run by surfers

Rachel Roddy’s Rome Address Book – The Guardian food columnist on an ideal neighbourhood restaurant, her favourite sandwich-maker, a natural wine specialist and the best butchers in Rome

Takashi Miyazaki’s Cork & Galway Address Book – The chef-owner of Miyazaki in Cork recommends a restaurant for special occasions, an otherworldly mushroom farm and a world-class food market

Gwen McGrath & Ken Doherty’s Dublin Address Book – The owners of Assassination Custard recommend an unorthodox pizza restaurant, the place to go in Dublin for prawn toast and late-night cocktails, and two of their favourite Irish farms

Tim Hayward’s Cambridge & London Address Book – The author and broadcaster on a burger obsessive in Cambridge, a Jewish-style deli in Hoxton and a "phenomenal" Chinese supermarket

Rory O’Connell’s Cork Address Book
The Ballymaloe chef on a pioneering vegetarian restaurant, his local pub and the farmers' market that's "probably the best in the country"

Shaul Ben-Aderet’s Tel Aviv Address Book – The Blue Rooster chef on a "great" nose-to-tail restaurant, a Thai hotspot, and the market he used to visit with his grandmother

Rosamund Young’s West of England Address Book – The farmer and author of The Secret Life of Cows on a fabulous organic veg box, her local milk supplier and a massive natural grocery store

Tom Jaine’s Devon (And Beyond) Address Book – The food writer and publisher on "one of the great British chefs", a good place to find calf’s liver, and Totnes’ most toothsome loaves

Alison Roman’s New York Address Book – The food writer on her four favourite NYC pizzerias, the place to go for deep-fried tofu and an amazing Middle Eastern grocery

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