Egg and Soldiers

Damien Trench is one of the most well-respected cookery writers working today. But what were the formative experiences that sent him on the path to such culinary acclaim? In Egg and Soldiers, Damien opens up for the first time about his childhood - from the blissful early years playing with wooden cookery sets at 'Tiny Steps' nursery, to more traumatic episodes (The Swiss Cottage Poo incident and subsequent therapy, for example), to adolescence (Judo classes and his first visit to a National Trust property) and, of course, how he fell in love with food.
Along the way there are postcards from the present, as Damien relates astute observations on the trials of modern life, illuminating conversations with his partner Anthony, and thought-provoking anecdotes from food festivals and the like. At last, the lid has been lifted on one of the most interesting voices in modern cookery writing.

MILES JUPP is an actor, comedian and writer. He played Nigel in the BAFTA winning sitcom REV, and John Duggan in Armando Iannucci's THE THICK OF IT, and has made multiple appearances on HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, MOCK THE WEEK and WOULD I LIE TO YOU? As well as writing and starring in IN AND OUT OF THE KITCHEN, he has chaired THE NEWS QUIZ since 2015.
DAMIEN TRENCH is an award winning food writer whose life was chronicled in BBC Radio 4's IN AND OUT OF THE KITCHEN. He lives in London with his partner Anthony.