Tim Hughes

Allan Jenkins

Howard Sooley

My favourite dishes from one of my favourite fish restaurants

J Sheekey is a lovely fish restaurant: the service is second to none, and if I want to have a great night, that's where I'll go

For the secrets of London’s most venerable fish restaurant look no further than J Sheekey Fish. From pollock to potted shrimps, crab to Cornish fish stew – here are dishes beloved of Sheekey’s fashionable clientele since the 1890s. Add some interesting vegetable ideas, and a slew of puddings – either rib-sticking or airily light – and you have a compelling kitchen companion.

A pearl. If you're looking for a slice of the high life, at very reasonable cost, seek out this beautiful (intimate and Deco-ish) annex to Theatreland's old-school fish favourite, where divine oysters head up a sophisticated light-bites menu

J Sheekey Fish – 320 pages of fishy, crabby, scallopy, lobstery, shellfishy, haddocky loveliness

Classic fish dishes from posh (lobster thermidor) to proletarian (deep-fried haddock and chips) from a venerable restaurant in London’s West End popular with the likes of Helen Mirren and Cate Blanchett.

Sheekey's is a slick show and still one of the hottest tickets in town

Today the freshness and availability of all J Sheekey restaurant ingredients mean that they have no restaurant set menu, wonderful fresh selection of dishes of the day, and no sittings, make Sheekeys one of London's finest.

Celeb haunt J Sheekey brings its fishy know-how to the page in 120 recipes, from shellfish to salads.  Useful ‘how to’ sections demonstrate prep skills, and a fish chart helps you tell your haddock from your hake.

J Sheekey’s restaurant in London’s Covent Garden is a Mecca for discerning seafood lovers and this new book is everything you’d expect from such a hallowed institution. It is beautiful to look at, the recipes are clearly laid out, with snappy instructions and easy-to-glance-at ingredient lists, the pictures are sublime and the overall enjoyment of flicking through the pages is effortless…Ultimately, the simplicity of the book and its recipes marks its genius.

Beautifully illustrated and full of information, we loved the background to some of their key suppliers, as well as the step-by-step recipes, which also includes some mouth-watering puddings!

Thank cod forJ Sheekey FISH, a brand new practical cookbook combining more than 100 of the restaurant’s best dishes – including starters, sides and deserts – with step-by-step guides to everything from filleting flat fish to preparing crab, stunning photographs from photographer Howard Stooley, and engaging introductions on the restaurant and the art of cooking fish.

The recipes are simple and succinct even when they’re luxurious and cover everything from starters to cocktails (as well as J Sheekey’s famous fish pie). There’s no pretension here; the emphasis is on getting the best out of fresh, ethically sourced ingredients. These are dishes you can, and will want to, make at home

In the heart of London's Covent Garden, J Sheekey has been offering the finest fish, oysters, shellfish and other fruits de mer since the 1890s. Josef Sheekey was a market stall holder given permission by Lord Salisbury to serve fish and seafood in his 1896 property development in St Martin's Court, on the proviso that he supply meals to Salisbury's after-theatre dinner parties. Over a century later, the restaurant retains its late-Victorian charm and buzzes with fashionable folk and famous faces. 
 
The menu takes in prime fish such as Dover and lemon sole, brill and salmon, with seasonal specials such as Esk sea trout with lovage and girolles, roast lobster with sweetbreads and salt baked bass. Old favourites include lobster thermidor and Sheekey's famous fish pie. 
 
J Sheekey Fish immortalises recipes from this renowned kitchen. Sheekey Executive Chef Tim Hughes has teamed up with legendary cookery editor Allan Jenkins to create the cookery book event of 2012.

Tim Hughes

Praise for J Sheekey FISH

My favourite dishes from one of my favourite fish restaurants

J Sheekey is a lovely fish restaurant: the service is second to none, and if I want to have a great night, that's where I'll go

For the secrets of London’s most venerable fish restaurant look no further than J Sheekey Fish. From pollock to potted shrimps, crab to Cornish fish stew – here are dishes beloved of Sheekey’s fashionable cl ...

My favourite dishes from one of my favourite fish restaurants

J Sheekey is a lovely fish restaurant: the service is second to none, and if I want to have a great night, that's where I'll go

For the secrets of London’s most venerable fish restaurant look no further than J Sheekey Fish. From pollock to potted shrimps, crab to Cornish fish stew – here are dishes beloved of Sheekey’s fashionable cl ...

My favourite dishes from one of my favourite fish restaurants

J Sheekey is a lovely fish restaurant: the service is second to none, and if I want to have a great night, that's where I'll go

For the secrets of London’s most venerable fish restaurant look no further than J Sheekey Fish. From pollock to potted shrimps, crab to Cornish fish stew – here are dishes beloved of Sheekey’s fashionable cl ...

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