Bristol’s best home cooks

BRISTOL’S BEST HOME COOKS SERVE UP VEGANUARY

Nick-named “Etsy for food”, All About The Cooks is an online marketplace founded in Bristol, which makes it deliciously easy for the people across the city to eat real food made by local people, all in the comfort of their own homes. This January, the platform’s talented home cooks are planning to create vegan feasts, inspired by the national campaign Veganuary, with meat and dairy-free twists on their globally-inspired menus (the dishes will be live on the site from 30th December). At its core, All About The Cooks enables home cooking enthusiasts hungry to share their love for home-cooked food with even hungrier residents, with menus and dishes from across the world, all prepared right here in Bristol and available to order online. With collection or delivery arranged directly from the cook, the days of junk food and faceless deliveries are over. Similarly, you’ll be supporting your neighbours - with over £40,000 already paid to local cooks since the marketplace’s launch. Inspired by her native South America, Mireya, who lives in Henbury, usually cooks up Brazilian and Chilean delights, including empanadas Chilenas and pao de queijo (Brazilian cheese balls). For Veganuary however, Mireya has veganised the traditional Brazilian Feijoada, typically made with pork, with vegan smoked sausages and bacon exclusively for Bristol residents to order via www.allaboutthecooks.co.uk. Tomer, who lives in Bishopston, will be offering Middle-Eastern vegan feasts with a menu that changes weekly. Stella in Redfield will be baking stunning vegan celebration cakes, and as a baker at Bristol’s ever popular Hart’s Bakery, her sweet treats are not to be missed. Those looking for Spanish dishes will be delighted to try Horfield-based Rosa’s menu, including vegan tapas plates such as meat-free chorizo cooked in cider. Those in Easton will be delighted to tuck into Indira’s Cuban delicacies including Frijoles negros; a delicious and rich black bean stew flavoured with bay leaf and garlic and served alongside rice, cassava with a mojito sauce and plantains. Perfect for those looking for family feasts, fuss-free dinners for two, or a simple and delicious meal for one, All About The Cooks offers a huge host of options for dinners, sweet treats and more, carefully prepared in home kitchens with full health ratings. Those yet to try out the food of Bristol’s best home cooks can get £10 off their first order by signing up for the newsletter on the website: www.allaboutthecooks.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up To join in the fun and become one of Bristol’s most well-loved cooks from the comfort of your own home, local cooks can apply via using the website: https:// allaboutthecooks.co.uk/become-a-cook/ All About The Cooks’ current introductory sign-up offer to new cooks - 0% commission fees for the first two months - means the wide range of cuisines and menus is sure to expand even further than its impressively diverse pool, which already includes Algerian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, French, Greek, British, Indian, Cuban, Pakistani, South America and Caribbean foods to name a few. Claire Ladkin, Founder of All About The Cooks, said: “With Veganuary just around the corner it's fantastic to see our community of cooks reinventing their home-cooked menus with plant-based ingredients and twists. Hopefully these tasty dishes bring about a bit of Veganuary inspiration and tantalise Bristol’s taste buds! Having launched here in Bristol back in 2020 it’s been amazing to help so many people turn their passion for cooking into a vocation, and see their foods go down so well across the city.”