"Alexis Soyer...paved the way for today?s cooking – he is one of my heroes." —Michel Roux "...his life story, amusingly dished up over seven courses in Ruth Brandon’s lush The People’s Chef , makes for such an interesting read." — The Times "well worth reading" — Sunday Telegraph "exhilaratingly illuminating … vivid social history… His life illuminates our history and our lives. It’s a wonderful book." —Sheila Dillon in The Victorian "Soyer’s huge, almost Balzacian personality, with all its energy, flamboyance, quick wit, generosity, sentimentality, social insecurity, kindness and sheer good humour, shines through in Brandon’s book." — Spectator During the first half of the nineteenth century Alexis Soyer was the most famous cook – and one of the most famous men – in London. A combination of chance, talent, self–promotion and social conscience took him into many of the great events of...

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