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Ed Cudlipp presents

TheProper Plates
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Modern British comfort food — proper roasts, golden pies & chef-style sauces, built for your own kitchen.

  • ✓30+ restaurant-level recipes, written plainly for home cooks.
  • ✓The chef details that matter — glossy gravies, silky mash, proper reductions.
  • ✓Instant digital download. Read & cook on phone, tablet or laptop.
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What you'll cook

Food that makes people go quiet at the table.

Recipes that sit between a pub classic, a Sunday lunch and a restaurant plate — hearty and nostalgic, with the little details that make them special.

01

Proper Starters & Small Bites

Chorizo scotch egg, hot honey wings, scallops, steamed egg and charred hispi cabbage.

02

Pub Classics, Rebuilt

Bangers & mash pie, chicken Kiev pie, shepherd's pie, Marry Me Mash, steak haché and pub-style burgers.

03

Roasts, Lamb & Sunday Plates

Roast chicken, lamb shoulder, rack of lamb, pulled lamb, prime rib and Beef Wellington.

04

Steak, Duck & Restaurant Sauces

Fillet steak, duck breast with port & fig, peppercorn sauce, slow-braised beef, garlic & wild garlic butter.

05

Comfort From Elsewhere

Mediterranean & Basque plates, gnocchi, sushi, soups and more London-influenced cooking.

06

Sweet Finish

Because every proper meal deserves an ending — gooey brownies, rich and finished with sea salt.

A taste of what's inside

Real pages from the book.

Every recipe is photographed, plated and written the way Ed cooks it — no fuss, just the steps that make it special.

Chorizo Scotch Egg & Garlic Aioli recipe page
Chorizo Scotch Eggs

Spicy, golden & wrapped in pork, with a punchy garlic aioli.

Marry Me Mash recipe page
Marry Me Mash

Restaurant-level short rib over butter-soft potato.

Duck Breast, Fig & Port Reduction recipe page
Duck, Fig & Port

Pink, rested duck under a deep, glossy port reduction.

Ed Cudlipp
Authored by

Ed Cudlipp

Chef · Recipe creator · Cooking the Capital

Ed makes instructional videos for great home cooking, followed by a community of over 120,000 cooks across Instagram and YouTube. Proper Plates is everything he loves most: comforting, generous, deeply flavoured dishes that feel familiar — but cooked with a bit more care.

"My recipes sit somewhere between pub classic, Sunday lunch and restaurant plate. The aim isn't to make food feel complicated — it's to help you cook plates that feel special without losing the comfort of home cooking. Season properly, let sauces reduce, rest your meat, and don't be afraid of butter."

Instagram Cooking the Capital talent@whipped-cream.co.uk
Loved by home cooks

The reviews are in.

★★★★★
"The Marry Me Mash genuinely did the trick. First proper Sunday dinner I've cooked that felt like a restaurant. Worth ten times the price."
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Sophie R.London
★★★★★
"Finally a cookbook that explains the why. My gravies and sauces have never been this good — the technique notes alone are worth it."
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Marco K.Manchester
★★★★★
"Cooked the duck with fig & port for a date night and got a standing ovation. Clear steps, gorgeous photos, no fluff. Buy it."
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Aisha T.Bristol
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