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Xavier Bramble

Creator · Author — Home cooking taught to a very large audience, stews and one-pot food across cuisines, and eating out in London with a cook's palate.

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Xavier Bramble is a self-taught cook who started cooking in student halls in 2020, ran a takeaway while at Nottingham and appeared as a contestant on the first series of BBC Three's Young MasterChef in 2023. He wrote Stews: One-Pot Comfort Food From Around The World (Ebury, 224pp, ISBN 9781529953022), published in France in November 2025, the UK in January 2026 and the US in February 2026. His Instagram account is verified and carries 853,000 followers, read at source on 2026-08-27.

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• Conde Nast Traveller, 'Where the Chefs Eat: Insta-chef Xavier Bramble's favourite restaurants in London, from Ethiopian to Persian' (Cass Farrar) ↗their pick · 2026-03
  • Khao So-iFitzrovia

    “I got invited to Khao Soi when it had just opened and I just loved it from the start. They serve this bowl of warm coconut milk infused with Thai spices; you can choose your protein to add, and you've got all these amazing toppings: chilli, lime, and radishes. The one that originally opened in Thailand has three-hour queues every day, and I can see why. It was absolutely unbelievable; I was blown away by it, and it's got a lovely, intimate setting, too. You sit right in front of the chefs, so you can see your khao soi being made, and also the staff are really lovely. It's phenomenal. The beef shin one is the one I would suggest you go for.”