Stephen Harris

We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but when the cover’s as beautiful as the one on The Sportsman at Home, it’s hard not to approach it with a heart a-brim with hope. Luckily, I can tell you that what’s inside Stephen Harris’s book is every bit as uplifting.

I love reading work by someone who has really paid attention to food… I have been a fan of Stephen’s thoughtful and intelligent cooking since I first went to The Sportsman 25 years ago. It was a mixture of homely and elevated food and still is, he blends them easily.

This book is a great comforting hug full of good things elegantly done.

A thoughtful and clever cookbook by a great chef with the same measure.

Thank you @sportsmankent a beauty of a book!

Ask any chef in the past two decades where they love to eat and Stephen Harris's the Sportsman pub in Seasalter, near Whitstable in Kent, would be near the top of every list. Self-taught, Harris is a chef's chef but with this meditation on home cooking he has shown himself to be an amateur chef's chef too.

Flavoursome Recipes for Nostalgic Eating

THE TIMES FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 
 
In The Sportsman at Home, Stephen Harris welcomes us into his kitchen in Whitstable to discover how to make classic, nostalgic home cooking taste even better than you remember. 
 
The Sportsman is nothing short of an institution. Now in its 25th year, Stephen Harris took over a rundown pub on the Kent coast in 1999 and turned something ordinary into something extraordinary with his pared-back style of cooking, earning a Michelin star, as well as being named the UK’s best restaurant multiple times. It’s both a cult classic adored by chefs from all over the world, as well as a truly beloved, unpretentious local. 
 
Organised into chapters such as Tea, Dinner, An Ode to Cream and Christmas, to name a few, Stephen captures the imagination for simple home cooking with his love of seasonal, local produce, and scholarly, much-lauded approach to putting flavour first in the easiest, most effective ways. With dishes such as cream of tomato soup, cottage pie and tart tatin with vanilla ice cream, Stephen reintroduces familiar favourites, made simpler, and much better. 
 
With stunning location photography of the Kent landscape that serves as Stephen’s inspiration and essays on his life in the kitchen, The Sportsman at Home is a true celebration of simple food at its very best, from one of the most respected chefs in the UK.

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Praise for The Sportsman at Home

We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but when the cover’s as beautiful as the one on The Sportsman at Home, it’s hard not to approach it with a heart a-brim with hope. Luckily, I can tell you that wh ...

I love reading work by someone who has really paid attention to food… I have been a fan of Stephen’s thoughtful and intelligent cooking since I first went to The Sportsman 25 years ago. It was a mixture of homely an ...

This book is a great comforting hug full of good things elegantly done.

We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but when the cover’s as beautiful as the one on The Sportsman at Home, it’s hard not to approach it with a heart a-brim with hope. Luckily, I can tell you that wh ...

I love reading work by someone who has really paid attention to food… I have been a fan of Stephen’s thoughtful and intelligent cooking since I first went to The Sportsman 25 years ago. It was a mixture of homely an ...

This book is a great comforting hug full of good things elegantly done.

We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but when the cover’s as beautiful as the one on The Sportsman at Home, it’s hard not to approach it with a heart a-brim with hope. Luckily, I can tell you that wh ...

I love reading work by someone who has really paid attention to food… I have been a fan of Stephen’s thoughtful and intelligent cooking since I first went to The Sportsman 25 years ago. It was a mixture of homely an ...

This book is a great comforting hug full of good things elegantly done.

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