Read our latest news & food stories
Read our latest news & food stories

Claire Ladkin shortlisted as ‘Community Food Champion’ at the BBC Food & Farming Awards!
We’re very proud that founder of All About The Cooks, Claire Ladkin, has been shortlisted as a Community Food Champion at the BBC Food & Farming Awards!

Welcome, Nick Davies and Will Hamilton, to our advisory board!
Our Bristol-born online marketplace for home-cooks is growing – Nick Davies and Will Hamilton join our advisory board!

Refugee Week 2023: Our collaboration with ACH!
For Refugee Week 2023, we look at how we’re making it easier for talented cooks from refugee and migrant backgrounds to enter the food industry!

International Women’s Day 2023
It’s International Women’s Day 2023! Meet a few of our many amazing female cooks!

Mireya’s amazing Vegan Feijoada recipe!
Try making Mireya’s vegan feijoada recipe for Veganuary this year.

Love cooking and looking for a good New Year’s resolution in 2023? We’ve got one!
If you like cooking, we have a New Year’s resolution that you’ll love!

Our 2022 wrap-up: An amazing year!
We’ve had a GREAT 2022 – and we’re not stopping there!

Have you heard of these traditional Christmas foods?
This isn’t Christmas as you might know it!

Why we love Small Business Saturday!
Small Business Saturday is here!

We’re supporting the MAZI project this December
All commission earned in the month of December is being donated to the MAZI project!

Why we don’t take part in Black Friday
We encourage fair prices all year round, making sure that our cooks and customers are never out-of-pocket!

Great British Bake Off shows us that talented people are among us
Are you a Great British Bake Off hopeful? Well, we could be a batch made in heaven!


We Are Part of the Bristol Good Food Partnership!
We have been recognised as one of many organisations contributing to a better food system in Bristol!

Why Bath?
We’ve proven our concept in Bristol, so now, we’re coming to Bath!

We’re coming to Bath
We’re thrilled to announce our new city launch in Bath, and are on the hunt for talented home-cooks to be a part of the journey

What’s next for All About The Cooks?
After a successful first investment round with Crowdcube this spring, the team looks ahead to the rest of 2022 and into next year with some ambitious plans for the growth of the platform, in Bristol and beyond.

The Saigon Kitchen: an All About The Cooks success story
Trung Trinh’s journey from cooking Vietnamese family recipes at home in Horfield, to opening his first restaurant.

Make some extra dough
In this current cost of living crisis, we’ve found a way for you to make some extra dough.

All About The Cooks is Crowdfunding
We’re excited to share that we are raising investment on Crowdcube, and you have the opportunity to become a shareholder in All About The Cooks…

The woman behind the pizza
We caught up with our lovely cooks Laura, who is the proud owner of the award-winning ‘Laura’s Pizzas’, to hear more about her business and love of Italian food.

Orange and cardamom biscuits| Recipe | AATC
These biscuits are super easy and perfect for tea time! Opt for heart shapes for a Valentine’s themed gift.

How to eat real food this year
Our top tips and tricks to make home cooking easy

A look back at 2021: All About the Cooks’ year in review
As we enter into 2022, All About The Cooks Founder, Claire Ladkin, reflects on the progress of her mission to help home-cooks sell their food to local people all over Bristol.

2021 Christmas Gift Guide
It’s time to ditch those last-minute, mindless purchases this Christmas. Forget all the rushed online orders for risky gifts and endless excess packaging.
Giving the gift of home-cooked food is one of the most thoughtful (and satisfying!) presents to receive at Christmas time, but we don’t all have the to get creative in the kitchen. Luckily our talented team of cooks have you got you covered for all your food gifts this year.

Christmas in Trinidad
Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Liam and Shalimar have lived in the UK for the past 11 years, and love to bring the diversity and flavour of Trinidad and Tobago to Bristol, with their tried and true family recipes.

Fika: a Swedish thing
Originally from Sweden, Elin has lived in Bristol for 13 years and runs Fika Bristol from her home bakery in Southville. She makes new and traditional Swedish biscuits, cakes, cardamom, and cinnamon buns.

What’s in season? Our upcoming seasonal food calendar
What could be better than fruit and veg at its prime? There is something very satisfying about tucking into seasonal and locally grown produce…

10 Reasons to buy or sell through All About The Cooks
We want authentic home-cooked food made by locals to be easy to buy wherever you are. Here are 10 reasons why you could benefit from buying or selling with All About The Cooks.

We’ve all gone bananas for banana bread: how lockdown reunited us with home-cooking
The pandemic got lots of people heading into the kitchen for the first time..and helped us discover great home-cooking talent.

Feed your ambition: the era of the side hustle
A side hustle is any additional work on top of your usual 9 to 5. Always wanted to dip your toes into a passion project? Then a side hustle is for you.

Blueberry Pancakes | Recipe | AATC
American-style blueberry pancakes

We eat with our eyes…
We spoke to award-winning photographer, Mireya Gonzalez about her passion for taking pictures and what it’s been like meeting some of Bristol’s incredible home-cooks.

Christmas in Chile
Originally from Chile, Ximena who now lives in Bristol loves to bake delicious South American style cakes using her family recipes and Latin American ingredients.

An Italian Christmas
Originally from a small town located in the heel of Italy’s boot, Elena now lives in Bristol. She loves nothing more than to cook incredible Italian dishes learnt from family recipes.

Real food by real people. The story so far
All About The Cooks Founder, Claire Ladkin, reveals how a jar of homemade lemon curd started her on a mission to revolutionise the way we eat at home.

All About The Cooks launches in Bristol
After months of scouring Bristol, we’ve uncovered some of the city’s talented home-cooks. Find out who’s cooking in your neighbourhood and try something new today!