This September, brilliant food writer and broadcaster Georgina Hayden comes to Thyme to cook a feast from her fifth cookbook, MEDesque: Everyday Recipes with Mediterranean Roots.
Drawing on her Greek Cypriot heritage and her love of the Mediterranean, Georgina's recipes are both delicious and comforting. Together with Chef Director Charlie Hibbert, she will cook a four-course menu, using the finest autumnal produce from Thyme's own Kitchen Gardens.
Before supper, Georgina will be in conversation with long-time collaborator and editor of the Observer Food, Holly O'Neill. Georgina will also be signing copies on the night. The book can be pre-ordered when you reserve your table or purchased during the event. Tickets for the talk are available to purchase at this point, too.
Talk timings:
4:45pm: Guest Arrival
5pm: talk begins
6pm: Talk Finisihes
Ox Barn Restaurant Takeover timings:
tables are available from 6pm
If you are joining us for the talk, we would recommend booking your table between 6.15pm and 7pm
join us for a drink beforehand, please arrive 30 minutes ahead of your table
Ticket Prices:
£70 ticket includes a four course set menu
Add a Preorder book for £20
Attend the talk at 5pm for £15
please note: Dietaries will be catered for if specified on booking. Tickets not booked together will not be seated together.
Georgina Hayden
Georgina Hayden is a multi-award-winning cook and food writer from north London. She writes for publications such as The Telegraph, Delicious Magazine and Observer Food Monthly, and in 2021 won the Fortnum & Mason Best Cookery Writer Award for her work in Waitrose Food magazine. She has appeared on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, and regularly appears on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch and BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen.
Growing up above her grandparents’ Greek Cypriot taverna, Georgina developed a love of cooking and storytelling through the recipes passed down to her. She started her career working at various food magazines, and then went on to join Jamie Oliver’s food team, where she worked for 12 years. Her third book, Nistisima (2022), was a Sunday Times bestseller and was voted Best Cookbook at the OFM and Fortnum & Mason Awards. Its follow-up, Greekish (2024), became another Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Medesque is her fifth book.
Charlie Hibbert
Charlie Hibbert grew up in a family of people who love to cook and entertain. The kitchen quickly became his favourite place to be, and he started working at the Swan at Southrop when he was 13-years-old as a kitchen porter.
Charlie went on to train at Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland, before honing his skills under the guidance of renowned chef Jeremy Lee MBE at Quo Vadis in London. His mother, Caryn Hibbert, founded Thyme in 2007 and in 2018, Charlie returned to the Cotswolds to open the Ox Barn - to wide acclaim. He later took over the kitchen operations of the Swan also. His recipes have since been featured in publications including The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, and House & Garden.
MEDesque
Escape to sun-soaked coastlines with the glorious flavours of MEDesque. Delicious and easy recipes to be cooked at home by anyone and everyone. Bring a touch of the Med to your table with iconic and inspired dishes including:
- Lamb, apricot and feta sausage rolls
- Gnocchi puttanesca
- Spiced lemony roast chicken with crushed baby potatoes
- One-pan 'nduja, pepper and three cheese lasagne
- Double chocolate pannacotta with cherries
- Salted honey butter madeleines
From weeknight dinners to weekend feasts, travel through Italy, Spain, the Middle East and beyond in your own MEDesque kitchen with over 110 effortless, sensational recipes.
Georgie will be signing copies of hIS book on the night.
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