An Evening of Bitter & Sweet Flavours with Alexina Anatole

Talk, Demo & Tastings

‘Sweet is such a joy. Alexina strikes the perfect balance between pleasure, understanding, a little science and really special, inventive, hungry-making recipes’ Mark Diacono

In 2023 Alexina Anatole published her debut cookbook, Bitter: The Missing Ingredient to critical acclaim. Celebrated for its originality and bold flavours, it won her many admirers including Nigella Lawson, Georgina Hayden, Ixta Belfrage & Olly Smith. Now, Alexina is turning her hand to sweetness...

This evening Alexina will combine Bitter and Sweet flavours for a wonderfully interactive cookery demo.

Sweet is a truly modern baking book that opens the door to exceptional flavour. This is as much a book for those who consider themselves “not a dessert person” as it is for those who exceptional desserts isn’t fancy technique, it’s about balancing flavours — and this book shows you how. Forget buttercream, milk chocolate and meringue, Sweet is all about desserts that are just sweet enough.

Discover familiar favourites, but with a sophisticated twist: a sultry pear tatin made with an apple cider vinegar caramel; a sexy banoffee-inspired sundae with an adult no-churn coffee ice cream; a French rum baba laced with the floral bitterness of grapefruit. This is, emphatically, not your grandmother’s baking book.

Alexina Anatole is a writer, cook and host based in London. After reaching the final of MasterChef in 2021 she made a brave career change from the City of London to food. As well as her cookbooks focused on flavour, Alexina writes Small Wins, a Substack newsletter that enhances your cooking and your life in small, manageable ways. Alexina has featured on BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen, Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch and BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme, as well as online platforms such as MOB and TopJaw. She runs sell-out events including Sel, London’s most intimate supper club, and Cocoa POP, a chocolate-themed pop up with chocolatier Octavia Lamb. Alexina is of mixed heritage: the granddaughter of chicken farmers from Cambridgeshire and Saint Lucian grandparents who arrived in London during the Windrush movement.