Ruth Quinlan

Ruth Quinlan

Chef and cookery teacher

https://www.foodfromruth.com/
Ruth Quinlan started at The Eagle Farringdon, and compiled its book Big Flavours & Rough Edges, later republished as The Eagle Cookbook. She wrote the daily recipe column Dinner at a Dash for Metro, was head chef at Bermondsey Kitchen and E5 Bakehouse, and ran a private chef and catering business in Ibiza for 8 years. She's been Events Manager for Mazimas and has run projects with amateur chefs from the Refugee Council. She now cooks and gives cookery classes at E5 Bakehouse and at home in Tetbury, and teaches in primary and secondary schools for School Food Matters. She cooks regular Syrian Supper Clubs, works on an organic veg farm and has an allotment.

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Behind The Cookbook: The Eagle Cookbook

Behind The Cookbook: The Eagle Cookbook

The Eagle in London’s Farringdon opened in 1991 and hatched the concept of the gastropub as we now know it. The Eagle Cookbook is a showcase for the gutsy, heartfelt cooking that still comes from its famed open kitchen. We talk to former chefs to find out what it was like to work at the ground-breaking pub, and what they think lies behind The Eagle’s continued success.