Marguerite Patten, Britain's first (and in my opinon, best) celebrity chef collected her CBE from Buckingham Palace recently, as well as celebrating her 95th birthday.  Its been a momentous couple of weeks!

Marguerite has been a huge influence on how a nation cooks, through the 17 million copies of her 170 books sold, and in her cookery show which began on the BBC way back in 1947.  Her matter-of-fact, informative and charming books cover a range of subjects from the history of British cooking to the ultimate guide to jam-making, and they remain some of Grub Street's most popular titles, and we are all very proud to work with her.