Felicity Cloake (born 1982 or 1983[1]) is an English food and travel writer.[2] Her books include The A-Z of Eating: A Flavour Map for the Adventurous Cook (2016), Completely Perfect (2018), One More Croissant for the Road (2019), and Red Sauce, Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey (2022). She writes for The Guardian and the New Statesman.
Cloake is best known for her weekly How to cook the perfect... column in The Guardian, starting online in 2009 and then in print, where she attempts to create the best possible version of a popular dish.[1][6] She sparked a minor controversy in 2022 when she recommended garnishing bacon butties with marmalade rather than the traditional condiments of brown sauceorketchup.[7][8]
She has published a series of cookbooks based on her Guardian column, including Perfect, Perfect Too, Perfect Host, and Completely Perfect.[9] In 2019 she published her first travelogue, One More Croissant for the Road, describing her 3,500 kmbicycle journey around France in search of the perfect croissant.[10] In 2022 she published a sort of sequel, Red Sauce, Brown Sauce, in which she cycles around Great Britain sampling breakfast foods.[10]
She has also appeared on television as guest host on Great British Menu in 2015.[11] In October 2020, Cloake hosted an online livestream event in conversation with food writer Grace Dent for The Guardian.[12]
Perfect Host: 162 Easy Recipes For Feeding People and Having Fun. Photographed by Joe Woodhouse. Fig Tree. 2013. ISBN9780241145692. OCLC879333191.
Perfect Too: 92 More Essential Recipes For Every Cook's Repertoire. London: Fig Tree. 2014. ISBN9780241003121. OCLC868378302.
The A-Z of Eating: A Flavour Map for the Adventurous Cook. Photographed by Helen Cathcart. London: Fig Tree. 2016. ISBN9780241003138. OCLC948790165.[14]
Green, Jonathan; Gorrilla, Buffy (21 June 2019). "Rediscovering la cuisine française". Bauhaus women, deadly plants, couch surfing in Russia and colour. Blueprint for Living. ABC Radio National.
