This book helps you learn the essential skills behind exceptional results. "Marcus Wareing oozes perfection and I can't think of a better cookbook to have by the stove" - Gordon Ramsay. Winner of Great British Menu, Best Dessert, Marcus Wareing guides you through 80 enticing recipes, offering a chef's level of understanding, with completely step-by-step recipes so that you can achieve perfect results - everytime. Every recipe has a Key to Perfection, with all the need-to-know tips and techniques that promise success, plus All-Is-Not-Lost advice to rescue you from mistakes. Inspired by his mother's home cooking, Marcus draws on his experience as Chef Patron at the Savoy Grill in London, and as a father teaching his young sons to cook food for the family. This book will give you the confidence to tackle any dish - knowing you will get perfect results everytime.

The recipes are easy to follow and his tips invaluable. Tom Parker-Bowles Mail on Sunday 15.04.07

The man behind the nation's favourite tart, Marcus Wareing: Winner Great British Menu, Best Dessert, protege of Gordon Ramsey, and one of Britain's most acclaimed young chefs, Marcus is chef patron at the refurbished Savoy Grill and Petrus. Marcus lives in London.