Alexina Anatole in a while apron holding a bowl of green matcha tiramisu

Alexina Anatole

Alexina is a writer, chef and supper club host based in London. After reaching the final of MasterChef in 2021 she made a brave career change from the trading floor to food. Her cookbooks on flavour, Bitter and Sweet, are published by Penguin and have received critical acclaim from the likes of Nigella Lawson, Waterstones and Rukmini Iyer. Meanwhile, her Substack newsletter, Small Wins, is all about thoughtful ways to improve your cooking. Alexina has appeared in a variety of shows including BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen, Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch and Radio 4’s The Food Programme and regularly returns to guest judge on BBC’s MasterChef. Beyond the books and television work, Alexina also runs sell-out events including intimate supper clubs and creative pop-ups such as Cocoa POP, a celebration of all things chocolate. Alexina is of mixed heritage: the granddaughter of chicken farmers from Cambridgeshire and Saint Lucian grandparents who arrived in London during the Windrush movement. She grew up in Paris and has travelled extensively, all of which results in an eclectic and thoughtful cooking style that, like her, reflects a mix of cultures and inspirations.

Close-up of slow-cooked beef short ribs being carved with a knife and fork, revealing tender, pink meat, served on a bed of creamy mashed potato

Meat and poultry

Simple short ribs with parsley and shallot salad

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Alexina Anatole's festive canapés including loaded mini hash browns and beetroot salmon blinis

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Alexina's Christmas canapé party ideas

A plate of homemade sausage rolls on a table

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Petite prune sausage rolls

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Whipped goat's cheese, fig and pomegranate crostini

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Mini hash browns on a serving plate

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Canapé hash browns with soured cream and crispy bacon

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A platter of blinis set on a table

Guides

Caraway blinis with beetroot salmon

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Sliced reverse-seared steak on a plate with green sauce chien on the side in a bowl

Meat and poultry

Reverse-seared rump steak with sauce chien

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Slice of Japanese green tea tiramisu on an orange plate

Baking and desserts

Hojicha tiramisu

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Top down shot of a lemon pie with a biscuit base and creamy yogurt topping with lemon zest

Baking and desserts

Salted lemon pie

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A slice of matcha basque cheesecake on a plate

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Matcha basque cheesecake

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A striped tablecloth topped with bowls of sushi rice, marinated raw salmon, sliced cucumber, spring onions and avocado

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Japanese-style hand rolls

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Hands mopping up olive oil with pieces of bread

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Alexina Anatole's Apéro hour

Gruyère fondue with boiled potatoes and other ingredients for dipping

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Gruyère fondue

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Close-up shot of Alexina holding an ice cream sundae with chocolate sauce

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Three toppings for ice cream sundaes

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Someone dipping bread into homemade oil

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Provençal bread dipping oil

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Vermouth spritz cocktails with olives on the side

Cocktails and drinks

Vermouth spritz

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Hands holding crispy coconut prawn tacos with avocado crema

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Crispy coconut prawn tacos with avocado crema

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Layered ice cream cake with chocolate sponge, coconut ice cream and a chocolate topping

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Chocolate-coconut ice cream cake with passion fruit sauce

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Silky courgettes with whipped feta, walnuts and preserved lemons on a plate topped with fresh herbs

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Silky courgettes with whipped feta, walnuts and preserved lemons

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Penicillin punch in a large vintage bowl with slices of lemon

Cocktails and drinks

Penicillin punch

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Cherries on ice in a round serving dish

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King cherries on ice

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Individual cheesecakes in glasses

Baking and desserts

Salty peach cheesecakes

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Olive oil mixed with fresh herbs and capers on a yellow plate

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Apéro dînatoire

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Llewelyn’s exterior: black shopfront, leafy trees and black and white tiling

London

Herne Hill restaurants: a local shares her favourite insider spots

Strawberry, prosecco and cream jellies on two plates

Baking and desserts

Strawberry, prosecco and rosewater jellies

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A colourful watermelon and feta appetiser on a sharing plate

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Watermelon, lime and feta checkerboard salad

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Three bowls of no-churn ice cream with spoons, one vanilla, one pistachio and one strawberry

Vegetarian

No-churn ice cream, three ways

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Green dill mayonnaise on a plate next to some prawns

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Dilly mayonnaise

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Two coupe glasses with raspberry ripple and goat's cheese fool

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Rippled raspberry and goat's cheese fool

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Confit leeks submerged in oil with whole herbs

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Confit leeks vinaigrette

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