Mark Hix's Story
Mark Hix has been at the forefront of the revival in interest in British ingredients and cooking for over 20 years. Following 17 years overseeing London’s fashionable Le Caprice, The Ivy, Scott’s and J. Sheekey, Mark set up on his own and now has six acclaimed restaurants in London and the West Country. He has just celebrated 10 years as recipe columnist for The Independent on Saturday Magazine and has written nine cookbooks, including Mark Hix on Baking, Hix Oyster & Chop House, British Regional Food, which received a Guild of Food Writers’ Award and the André Simon Book Award – Special Commendation, and British Seasonal Food, which was named The Guild of Food Writers’ Cookery Book of the Year.