The Seafood Restaurant Cookbook

by Rick Stein, Jill Stein

With evocative photography and tales of life at the quayside's edge of seafood cookery, this is a glorious celebration of five decades of the world famous Cornish restaurant from the legendary chef and television icon, Rick Stein, and his ex-wife and business partner, Jill Stein.

50 signature seafood recipes - with a few classics desserts - sit proudly at the heart of the book, covering the very best from over 50 years of hospitality excellence. Includes accessible, impressive recipes
Fish pie
Monkfish vindaloo
Prune Tart with Armagnac
Steamed Bream
Black Risotto
Fillets of Sea Bass
… and many more!

Spanning the half century of the restaurant's existence at the quayside in Padstow, this is a must-have cookbook and keepsake for all lovers of Rick Stein and The Seafood Restaurant.

Ten signature recipes from each decade show how a classic dish never dates when the star of the show is always the freshly caught fish, simply cooked and delicious to eat.

Evocative photography and fond memories, spanning the half century of the restaurant's existence at the quayside in Padstow, contribute to a must-have cookbook for all lovers of Rick Stein and The Seafood Restaurant.

288 pages, Hardcover

Published September 15, 2026

About the author

Christopher Richard "Rick" Stein OBE (born 4 January 1947) is an English chef, restaurateur and television presenter. He is currently the head chef and co-owner of "Rick Stein at Bannisters" at Mollymook, New South Wales, Australia,[1] owns four restaurants in Padstow, a fish and chip shop in Falmouth, Cornwall and has written or presented a number cookery books and television programmes.