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 [Food &amp; Drink](/life/food-drink) 

 



 /  08 October 2025  

#  My Life In Food: Chef Ben Lippett  


 Chef, recipe writer and co-founder of Dr Sting’s Hot Honey – Ben Lippett knows his way around the modern kitchen. With over 600k fans on Instagram and YouTube, plus a weekly ‘How I Cook’ Substack, he’s a master at breaking down complicated techniques to make them fun and achievable. Here, he shares his favourite restaurants, dishes and London tips…  
 

 



 

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**The restaurant I go to most often** is [Forza Wine](https://forzawine.com/) in Peckham. It’s a local one for me. Bash and Michael the owners are good pals, and it just scratches any itch really. Whether it’s a quick drink, a bite or a full-blown evening out, Forza’s got you. For somewhere new, [Singburi](https://singburi.london/) blew my socks off – it was fantastic.

**Phil Howard was very inspiring when I was a young cook.** I still remember a meal I ate at The Square in 2013. I can confidently say it was the meal that changed the course of my life, and steered me towards a career in cooking and food. I ate a salad of lobster and tomatoes, the best piece of beef I’d ever had, and a coffee and chocolate dessert. I’d never seen cooking like it. There are now so many chefs out there that inspire me every day. Gareth Saywell, Aaron Clark-Potter and Nicola Lamb all come to mind.

 

 My drink of choice is a glass of vermouth over ice, with a slice of orange and a couple of olives floating in there.  
 

 



 

 



**I love those Sundays in autumn that are sunny and cold.** Exercise to start, probably a class at my local gym in Peckham that has a funny name (Crank), then a sunny walk and coffee with my wife, an early pint that feels a bit naughty before a long lunch with a few mates at a good pub, perhaps the [Canton Arms](https://cantonarms.com/) or the [Camberwell Arms](https://thecamberwellarms.co.uk/). Back home, hang out, maybe cook something small, try and persuade Lou to watch *The* *Lord of the Rings*, fail, watch something else. Perfect.

 

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**Where I live, I’m spoiled with great greengrocers, butchers and fishmongers.** I shop local where possible and buy the best I can afford. It’s a good rule to live by if you care about what you’re eating.

**If I’m entertaining at home,** I love to cook a whole baked fish with chips and warm tartar sauce. The recipe’s in my new book. My all-time favourite cookbooks are [*Roast Chicken and Other Stories*](https://amzn.to/4pP1sFs) by Simon Hopkinson, [*Trullo*](https://amzn.to/4gQXyrD) from Tim Siaditan and [*Take One Fish*](https://amzn.to/4o4vYty) by Josh Niland.

**My dream dinner guest** **changes all the time**. I just saw Underworld perform and they seem like two of the coolest, nicest blokes on the planet, and I’d love to cook them dinner. I predict a very good hang.

 

 

 



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**The secret to hosting a good dinner party** is don’t try to do too much. And don’t you dare make a purée.

**The one dish I’ll always order if I see it on the menu is a tart** – like a lemon tart or a frangipani tart. Sweet tarts are just perfect.

**My drink of choice** is a very cold [Estrella Galicia](https://estrellagalicia.com/gb/) or a glass of vermouth over ice, with a slice of orange and a couple of olives floating in there.

**My go-to midweek meal is anything on rice.** I adore seared chicken thighs on rice with cucumbers.

 

 

 

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**The most decadent meal I've ever had** was without a doubt one I enjoyed at [Bouchon Racine](https://www.bouchonracine.com/) in Farringdon. I took my dad and now father-in-law out for lunch a week or so before my wedding as a kind of ‘dad stag’. It was brilliant, we drank far too much and ate one of the most luxe meals I’ve ever seen. Veal chop with blue cheese butter, creamed spinach and foie gras, brains on toast… It was glorious. It’s worth mentioning that we did have a salad too.

**My death-row dinner** would be a dozen oysters, a big fat bowl of pomodoro pasta, swiftly followed by a baked brill with tartar sauce and a slice of lemon tart.

 

 The secret to hosting a good dinner party is don’t try to do too much. And don’t you dare make a purée.  
 

 



 

 



**There’s not much I don’t like to eat** but seeing people buying chips with a handful of un-melted, pre-grated cheese on top is lunacy.

**I love a weekend in London for a culture hit.** I’ve lived here for years and can still head out and discover new cultural secrets. I recently visited [Dennis Severs’ House](https://www.dennissevershouse.co.uk/) in Spitalfields for the first time and it was incredible.

**My ideal weekend brunch would be** a french omelette, a black coffee and a bloody mary. That sounds pretty good to me.

*For more, follow Ben at* [*@DinnerByBen*](https://www.instagram.com/dinnerbyben/?hl=en) *&amp;* [*BenLippett.substack.com*](https://benlippett.substack.com/). *You can also buy his brand new cookbook, 'How I Cook: A Chef’s Guide to Really Good Home Cooking' (HarperNonFiction, £26),* [*here*](https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Cook-really-cooking-recipes/dp/0008715998)*.*

 

 

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