A monthly celebration of the best food writing with Angela Hartnett, Mark Diacono & invited authors
Taking place on the final Sunday of every month at Cafe Murano Bermondsey, tickets will also include a bespoke two-course dinner inspired by the respective guest.
Hosted by food writer Mark Diacono, our Book Club evenings include an interview in which we hope to find out what brought our guest to this point in their career, what inspired their latest book, and more. There’s also a Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask questions, and to buy their latest book and have it signed and dedicated.
And of course, there will be the familiar Cafe Murano hospitality: a two-course meal, wine, cocktail and nibbles on arrival is all included in the price.
And of course, there will be the familiar Cafe Murano hospitality: a two-course meal, wine, cocktail and nibbles on arrival is all included in the price.
Sunday 28th September - Ben Lippett
Ben Lippett is a chef, recipe writer and co-founder of Dr Sting’s Hot Honey. He is also the author of the hugely popular Substack 'How I Cook'. Having cut his teeth working at a spate of restaurants (Orasay, Marion, Elystan Street) in the UK, US and Australia, including a brief but rewarding stint as a butcher - Ben knows his way around the modern kitchen. How I Cook is his debut cookbook.
Sunday 26th October - Nicola Lamb
Nicola Lamb is an award-winning author, recipe developer and pastry chef based in London.
Her Sunday Times bestselling debut cookbook, Sift: The Elements of Great Baking, was published in 2024 by Ebury in the UK and by Clarkson Potter in North America. Sift was awarded the 2025 James Beard Award for Baking and Desserts, Guild of Food Writers Debut Book award and the André Simon Award. It was also named the Sunday Times Food Book of the Year and, among other accolades, featured in the Washington Post and New York Times annual "best cookbooks" round-ups. It has been translated into five languages.
Nicola's recipes and writing have been featured in the New York Times, Serious Eats, The Guardian, Olive, Vogue, and ES Magazine. She continues to host sell-out pastry parties with her pop-up bakery, lark! and has collaborated with notable names like Verena Lochmuller of Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, Toklas Bakery, Farro, Lannan, Soft & Swirly, and Kossoffs, among others.
Her Sunday Times bestselling debut cookbook, Sift: The Elements of Great Baking, was published in 2024 by Ebury in the UK and by Clarkson Potter in North America. Sift was awarded the 2025 James Beard Award for Baking and Desserts, Guild of Food Writers Debut Book award and the André Simon Award. It was also named the Sunday Times Food Book of the Year and, among other accolades, featured in the Washington Post and New York Times annual "best cookbooks" round-ups. It has been translated into five languages.
Nicola's recipes and writing have been featured in the New York Times, Serious Eats, The Guardian, Olive, Vogue, and ES Magazine. She continues to host sell-out pastry parties with her pop-up bakery, lark! and has collaborated with notable names like Verena Lochmuller of Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, Toklas Bakery, Farro, Lannan, Soft & Swirly, and Kossoffs, among others.
Sunday 30th November - Pam Brunton
Pam Brunton is a chef, author and campaigner. Since 2025 she’s been co-owner of multi-award winning Inver Restaurant on Scotland’s wild west coast; sometime ‘Best Restaurant in Scotland’, ‘Chef of the Year’, and ‘Most Influential Woman in Hospitality’. Inver is the only restaurant in Scotland to hold a Green Michelin Star for the restaurant’s commitment to sustainability alongside its world-class food.
She writes, too, mostly about food. In September 2024 her first book “Between Two Waters- Heritage, Landscape and the modern cook” was published by Canongate, to immediate popular and critical acclaim. Winner of this year’s Fortum & Mason Food Book prize, “Between Two Waters” was shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers awards, long-listed for the Highland Book Prize, and appeared among the Financial Times’ “Best Books of 2024.”
Pam has an MSc in Food Policy from City University, London, and spent four years working to promote better food and farming with campaign groups Sustain and the Soil Association.
She writes, too, mostly about food. In September 2024 her first book “Between Two Waters- Heritage, Landscape and the modern cook” was published by Canongate, to immediate popular and critical acclaim. Winner of this year’s Fortum & Mason Food Book prize, “Between Two Waters” was shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers awards, long-listed for the Highland Book Prize, and appeared among the Financial Times’ “Best Books of 2024.”
Pam has an MSc in Food Policy from City University, London, and spent four years working to promote better food and farming with campaign groups Sustain and the Soil Association.
Cafe Murano Book Club will provide guests with an opportunity to go behind the scenes of these writers’ minds, creative processes, and forthcoming publications. The entire experience – including a welcome cocktail, signature Cafe Murano nibbles and a two-course menu – will be influenced by the speakers’ themes.
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Tickets are £90
The evening starts at 6.00pm for welcome cocktail and nibbles.
Ticket price includes: All food and drink – a welcome cocktail and snack, a 2 course menu with wine.
A 45-minute chat with the writer hosted by Mark Diacono.
Q&A opportunity.
Book signing – note: books are not included in the ticket price.
Approx. 9.00pm Finish
Email silvia@cafemurano.co.uk for questions.
The evening starts at 6.00pm for welcome cocktail and nibbles.
Ticket price includes: All food and drink – a welcome cocktail and snack, a 2 course menu with wine.
A 45-minute chat with the writer hosted by Mark Diacono.
Q&A opportunity.
Book signing – note: books are not included in the ticket price.
Approx. 9.00pm Finish
Email silvia@cafemurano.co.uk for questions.