William Sitwell

One of our leading food writers, restaurant critic and formerly the award-winning editor of Waitrose Food, William Sitwell is also one of the longstanding critics on the hit BBC MasterChef. His new book, The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out, Sitwell takes us on a vivid romp through the fascinating history of eating out, covering the Ottoman Empire, post-war Britain, the French Revolution, London’s opening of Le Gavroche in the 60s and the US counterculture. It is a story of art, politics, revolution, desperate need and decadent pleasure. This promises to be an extremely entertaining evening.  Sitwell, a familiar figure known for the controversy he attracts, provides anyone who loves to dine out, or who simply loves a good read with an accessible and humorous history. The Restaurant is jam-packed with extraordinary facts; a book to read eagerly from start to finish or to spend glorious moments dipping in to.