Customer Reviews
both for the home and the professional cook - By: cookbook, 12 Jun 2008 
If the other reviewers read the preface to the book, they would see & understand that there are 30 professional recipes from Maze & 60 more domestic recipes. The 60 easier recipes (2 for each professional one) are based on "leftovers" or the same ingredients/flavors as the 30 professional recipes aimed towards the home cook.
It is a nice balance between the professional chef & the average chef.
The photography is beautiful & book flows well.
A solid addition to any cookbook collection. Jason Atherton is London's rising star.
Work yourself up to the main event. - By: mreeyore, 29 May 2008 
I was a bit unsure about purchasing this book having read previous reviews but being a big fan of Jason Atherton's cooking & Maze restaurant I decided to give it a go.
This is an unusual book in that it presents you with both detailed restaurant style recipes such as those included in Thomas Keller's French Laundry book or Gordon Ramsay's 3 Star Chef book & also recipes geared towards something you can throw together for a midweek meal but using the same ingredients or leftovers from the main recipe.
The restaurant style recipes of which there are 30 are well laid out, several of them recognisable from the Maze menu & suitably adjusted for the home kitchen, most of them require plenty of time & serious effort however after trying a few of them, they work & have impressed friends & family. The easier recipes are then provided as two options from the main recipe. It's a good approach, I've found myself either preparing an easier recipe in advance where for example the main recipe requires a pre-made component such as a sorbet or a confit that can be stored for the main event or alternatively using up leftovers in easier meals.
For anyone who has tried to step up their home-cooking with the likes of Essence, The French Laundry Cookbook etc. & found them a little daunting this book is a good stepping stone for building confidence.
clever marketing again from ramsay holdings - By: Gerard O. Connor, 02 May 2008 
This book is for the home cook, I doubt there is one single dish from his restaurant here, if there is how does he have a star??. Very poor expected more from this guy, they must have paid ferran adria to write the introduction. if any professional is considering buying this DONT!! you will be sorry as I am. Again ramsay holdings have marketed this book so well, just like they do with marketing the michelin guide probably the only reason ramsay maintains so many starred restaurants at once. Michelin have to sell books too you know.
Simply Delicious! - By: Poppy Edmunds, 29 Apr 2008 This book is brilliant! The dishes included are very wide-ranging with something to suit alll occassions & moods. All the recipes I have tried have been very easy to follow and, most importantly, delicious to eat...
Just a basic book for home cooks. - By: ashmair, 26 Apr 2008 I would have to say that I was rather disapointed with this book. As a chef myself I was looking forward to reading recipes to some of the amazing Maze restaurant dishes. But actuallly this book is more of a basic home cook book.
It does include some great recipes of dishes from the restaurant but most are very basic recipes for the home cook. Obviously most cook books are geared towards the home cook & recipe books that are written for chefs are a little daunting for the general home cook but if using the restaurants name for the book it should have a reasonable amount of dishes that are actuallly from the restaurant thet it shares the name with.
I personallly dont think that this book is a good reflection of the food at maze (yes I have been) & is definetly not a reflection of the chef Jason Atherton cooking amazing talents.
