A Half Baked Idea

Winner of the Fortnum & Mason's Debut Food Book Award

By: Olivia Potts

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Paperback | 30 July 2020 | Edition Number 1

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A moving, heartwarming and exquisitely funny memoir about one woman's journey from criminal barrister to patissiere

Olivia Potts' mother died when she just twenty-five. Stricken with grief, she did something life changing and rather ridiculous: she gave up a high-flying legal career to study at the notoriously difficult Le Cordon Bleu, despite not being able to cook. No one ever told Olivia you couldn't bake your way to happiness - but could you?

About the Author

Olivia Potts is an award-winning food writer and chef. She read English at the University of Cambridge and practised as a criminal barrister for five years before deciding to leave the bar for a career in food. In 2017, she graduated from Le Cordon Bleu and was awarded the Young British Foodies Fresh Voices in Food Writing Award. She was recently shortlisted for the Fortnum and Mason Cookery Writer of the Year Prize 2019. Now Olivia is the cookery columnist for the Spectator, and also writes for the New Statesman, the Guardian and the Telegraph, among others. A Half Baked Idea is her first book.

Industry Reviews

A heart-wrenching yet humorous portrayal of grief, an inspirational tale of changing careers, and a feel good love story
Vogue

This is a book of courage, consolation and more custard than you can shake a whisk at
The Times

A love story, with sadness, humour and tension. Uplifting
Prue Leith, Spectator

An utterly beautiful, moving, bittersweet book on love and loss
Dolly Alderton

I cannot express how much I adored this book. Olivia Potts has delivered a tender and beautifully written tour-de-force on the four tenets of the human experience; love, grief, hope and cake. An absolute triumph
The Secret Barrister

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