Goodreads asked Andy Lynes:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Andy Lynes The idea for Kingdom of Cooks came from wanting to capture a moment in time in the history of restaurants in Britain. It's the most exciting time to be dining out in this country since the modern British cooking of the late 80's and early 90's and I wanted to document how that has come about because I don't think anyone else has done that.

I decided the best way to do that would be in a series of full length interviews with some of the most significant young chefs working in the UK at the moment. I'd really enjoyed Isle of Noises: Conversations with great British songwriters by Daniel Rachel which is also a collection of long form interviews and thought the same format would appeal to readers with a interest in cooking and eating out.

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