Neil Buttery

Neil Buttery has been studying and writing about the history of British food for over a decade. He is also an experienced chef and restauranteur, recreating historical and traditional foods. This combination of academic study and practical cookery has led to appearances on Channel Four's _Britain's Most Historic Towns_ and Radio Four's _The Food Programme_. Most recently be became resident food historian in Channel 5's _The Wonderful World of Cakes_. His research and writing on the subject can...See more

Neil Buttery has been studying and writing about the history of British food for over a decade. He is also an experienced chef and restauranteur, recreating historical and traditional foods. This combination of academic study and practical cookery has led to appearances on Channel Four's _Britain's Most Historic Towns_ and Radio Four's _The Food Programme_. Most recently be became resident food historian in Channel 5's _The Wonderful World of Cakes_. His research and writing on the subject can be read on his long-running blogs British Food: A History and Neil Cooks Grigson and heard on his _British Food: A History Podcast_. See less