All You Can Eat (Hardback)

The Search for a New British Menu

Ben Benton

A chef's tour of the best and most innovative foods from across Britain

'If you're interested in what we really eat, read this' Felicity Cloake

'Benton is the man for the job' Pen Vogler, TLS

Isn't British food meant to be bad?

Stiff sandwiches, limp vegetables, dry roasts crying out for gravy. We've come a long way from the bad old days. Modern Britain is a vibrant culinary home to the world's most diverse range of foods, constantly evolving with every restaurant opening and new viral trend - and Ben Benton has been in hot pursuit, eating his way across Britain to discover what our national cuisine really tastes like today.

Join the chef and food writer on a hungry odyssey in search of Britain's best (and worst) foods, travelling around the country to meet the chefs, shopkeepers, farmers and producers shaping our tastes with new dishes, fusions and flavours.

From trendy bakeries in Manchester to the oyster sheds of Essex and the Balti houses of Birmingham, and from Bradford's mouth-watering masala fish and chips to the Korean hotspots of south-west London, All You Can Eat reveals a nation whose food is far wilder and more delicious than it knows.

Publication date: March 19, 2026

£18.99

ISBN: 9781805221524

Imprint: Profile Books

Subject: Reference, Humour & Gift, Travel & Nature

All You Can Eat (Ebook)

The Search for a New British Menu

Ben Benton

A chef's tour of the best and most innovative foods from across Britain

'If you're interested in what we really eat, read this' Felicity Cloake

'Benton is the man for the job' Pen Vogler, TLS

Isn't British food meant to be bad?

Stiff sandwiches, limp vegetables, dry roasts crying out for gravy. We've come a long way from the bad old days. Modern Britain is a vibrant culinary home to the world's most diverse range of foods, constantly evolving with every restaurant opening and new viral trend - and Ben Benton has been in hot pursuit, eating his way across Britain to discover what our national cuisine really tastes like today.

Join the chef and food writer on a hungry odyssey in search of Britain's best (and worst) foods, travelling around the country to meet the chefs, shopkeepers, farmers and producers shaping our tastes with new dishes, fusions and flavours.

From trendy bakeries in Manchester to the oyster sheds of Essex and the Balti houses of Birmingham, and from Bradford's mouth-watering masala fish and chips to the Korean hotspots of south-west London, All You Can Eat reveals a nation whose food is far wilder and more delicious than it knows.

Publication date: March 19, 2026

£15.99

ISBN: 9781805221548

ISBN 10 / ASIN: B0FDYDQK5X

Imprint: Profile Books

Subject: Reference, Humour & Gift, Travel & Nature

All You Can Eat (Audiobook)

The Search for a New British Menu

Ben Benton

A chef's tour of the best and most innovative foods from across Britain

'If you're interested in what we really eat, read this' Felicity Cloake

'Benton is the man for the job' Pen Vogler, TLS

Isn't British food meant to be bad?

Stiff sandwiches, limp vegetables, dry roasts crying out for gravy. We've come a long way from the bad old days. Modern Britain is a vibrant culinary home to the world's most diverse range of foods, constantly evolving with every restaurant opening and new viral trend – and Ben Benton has been in hot pursuit, eating his way across Britain to discover what our national cuisine really tastes like today.

Join the chef and food writer on a hungry odyssey in search of Britain's best (and worst) foods, travelling around the country to meet the chefs, shopkeepers, farmers and producers shaping our tastes with new dishes, fusions and flavours.

From trendy bakeries in Manchester to the oyster sheds of Essex and the Balti houses of Birmingham, and from Bradford's mouth-watering masala fish and chips to the Korean hotspots of south-west London, All You Can Eat reveals a nation whose food is far wilder and more delicious than it knows.

Publication date: March 19, 2026

£24.99

ISBN: 9781805228158

ISBN 10 / ASIN: B0G2YMR4DQ

Imprint: Profile Books

Subject: Reference, Humour & Gift, Travel & Nature

Read by: Ben Benton

Reviews for All You Can Eat

'A bracing, thought-provoking road trip - if you're interested in what we really eat, read this'

Felicity Cloake, author of RED SAUCE, BROWN SAUCE 

'Benton, generous in outlook and appetite, is the man for the job ... on the page he is affable, generous and eternally, charmingly optimistic'

Pen Vogler TLS

'Ben Benton is the rarest of beasts, in that he both cooks and writes beautifully; his book on what British food is now is a dream come true'

Meera Sodha, author of EAST 

'Light-hearted and approachable ... a culinary tour that spans the length and breadth of Britain'

 Mail on Sunday

'Passionate, pithy and perceptive, this is a true taste of modern British eating'

Tom Parker Bowles, author of LET'S EAT 

'A meandering, warm, hunger-inducing read'

Ben Lippett, author of HOW I COOK 

'All You Can Eat celebrates the rich and exciting diversity of foods available to us today'

 buzz

'Ben writes about food in Britain with love, curiosity and joy. This book is brilliant. A gift to us all'

Max Halley, author of MAX'S SANDWICH BOOK 

'A lively, rejoicing survey of British food's mouthwatering variety'

Michèle Roberts, author of FRENCH COOKING FOR TWO 

'A mouth-watering and thoughtful celebration of all that is great in British food, local, global, traditional and modern'

Ned Palmer, author of A CHEESEMONGER'S COMPENDIUM OF BRITISH AND IRISH CHEESE 

'A celebration of how we eat now, Ben's book captures a Britain in flux'

Matthew Ryle, author of FRENCH CLASSICS 

'A delicious (and deliciously honest) culinary travelogue'

Annie Gray, author of AT CHRISTMAS WE FEAST 

Ben Benton

Ben Benton

Ben Benton is a chef, food writer and co-host of the Go To Food Podcast. He has cooked at Rochelle Canteen and the Dock Kitchen and was head chef at LeCoq, before co-authoring Max's Sandwich Book and writing for Vittles, the Guardian, the Spectator and the Daily Telegraph.