A magnificent work. Ian Kelly is at the vanguard of the new rock'n'roll of culinary literature

Anthony Bourdain

I was really truly bowled over

Giles Coren

Delicious

Mail on Sunday

Absolutely irresistible

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

In this well-researched book, Ian Kelly deftly recounts the exploits of this remarkable man

Jacques Pépin

Ian Kelly brings Carême's restless spirit back to life along with a tableau of la grande cuisine two hundred years ago

Anne Willan, founder of École de Cuisine La Varenne