Ben Benton

Ben Benton

https://nocartouche.substack.com/
Ben is a cook, writer, and restaurant consultant. He entered the world of food as an untrained chef, working his way up to head chef within his first four years in the industry. In this time he worked at Rochelle Canteen and The Dock Kitchen before opening LeCoq as Head Chef. Ben is the co-author of Max's Sandwich Book, which was published in 2018 and was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. He has written a recipe column for the Guardian, articles for Root & Bone magazine, has ghost written recipes for leading columns in both the Guardian and the Telegraph, as well as contributing, testing and styling for several cookery books, including Alex Hely-Hutchinson's 26 Grains. In summer 2018, he started working with brands, such as Gaviscon and Oatly, on social media campaigns, developing recipes and food styling.

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Author profile: Max Halley, author of Max's Sandwich Book

Author profile: Max Halley, author of Max's Sandwich Book

Max Halley created a storm in London’s food world with his radical rethinking of the sandwich. Trained as some of London’s best restaurants, he ditched his formal chef’s whites to open Max’s Sandwich Shop in 2014. The book which captured this entirely new take on the sandwich, written with chef pal Ben Benton, became a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller. As Max’s Sandwich Book comes to ckbk, we caught up with its outspoken author for his take on sandwiches and much more…