LE CHAMPIGNON SAUVAGE RESTAURANT,

24-26, SUFFOLK ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GLOS. GL50 2AQ. UK.

TEL: 01242-573449 FAX: 01242-254365

'Most Innovative UK Cookbook'

The World Gourmand's book awards

“With the publication of Essence, a beautiful book filled with David’s brilliantly conceived recipes, the keen amateur cook and the dedicated  professional at last have a chance to recreate part of the Le  Champignon Sauvage experience.” From the foreword by Gordon Ramsay.

This magnificent cookery book, exquisitely photographed and designed,  is the British equivalent of The French Laundry Cookbook – a  restaurant recipe book from arguably the finest chef working in  Britain today. Famed the world over for his dedication and single  mindedness, his cuisine is both about essential flavours and the inspirational use of wild food picked from the Cotswold countryside  near his home.

This is an aspirational cookery book of the highest  order. A book that all serious food lovers and professional chefs will want to own and one that is surprisingly easy to cook from (he himself  produces his award-winning dishes with the smallest two-star Michelin  brigade in the world)! Everitt-Matthias was awarded two Michelin stars  before the age of forty; he has never missed a single service in his  kitchen since first opening the doors of his restaurant in Cheltenham.

His passion for wild food has informed his sensational cooking and helped him to create a cuisine like no other chef working in Britain  today. Essence is a collection of recipes from a chef at the top of his industry.