Max Halley is a serious chef who learnt his trade at some of London's most acclaimed restaurants including Arbutus and Salt Yard and Brindisa. His decision in 2014 to open Max’s Sandwich Shop in the distinctly unflashy North London neighbourhood of Stroud Green might seem an odd career-shift, but Max’s are sandwiches like no other. The website makes the justified boast that “Max's Sandwich Shop changed the sandwich.” Read the book to find out how!

Max's Sandwich Book is the ultimate guide to creating perfection between two slices of bread.

Max Halley owns Britain's most amazing sandwich shop. After working in some of the country's best restaurants, he realised that the sandwich, humanity's greatest invention, was due a renaissance. So Max decided to open his own place and reinvent the sandwich forever.

Inside this book you will find:
· Award-winning creations from his shop
· Inspired variations on classic sandwiches
· Brilliant, delicious ways to use your leftovers
· Sandwiches for breakfast
· Sandwiches for dinner
· Sandwiches for dessert
· And more than 100 recipes for making your own ingenious creations at home.

Max is the owner of Max's Sandwich Shop in Crouch End, winner of the Observer Food Monthly Award for Best Cheap Eat in 2015.
"The Ham, Egg & Chips is the best sandwich I've ever eaten in my life" Simon Rimmer, Sunday Brunch
"Very, very good" Evening Standard

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