In Season for 40 Years … in the Daily Mail/Mail Online
October 25, 2024
In Season for 40 Years by Sally Clarke: The most important woman in Lucian Freud’s life … or at least the one who kept him fed … Constance Craig Smith reviews Sally Clarke’s new book which celebrates the 40th anniversary of her restaurant, Clarke’s article in the Daily Mail and Mail Online
If anyone was born to be a chef, it is surely Sally Clarke. As a child, she was in charge of making the Sunday lunch while the rest of her family played golf or gardened.
Her idea of the perfect birthday party was having her friends over and spending the whole day cooking with them.
By 1984, aged 30, she had opened her own restaurant, Clarke’s, in west London, having somehow persuaded a bank manager in Guildford to give her a large loan (which she repaid within a year).
Her concept for the restaurant sounded crazy: like the roadside cafes in France, which she adored, customers were to be offered a no-choice menu which changed every day, with all the food made from scratch from the freshest ingredients … read more, here
