ABout me

Nicola Lamb is an author, recipe developer and pastry chef based in London.

Her debut cookbook ‘SIFT: The Elements of Great Baking’, published by Ebury, is a Sunday Times bestseller. It is due to be published by Clarkson Potter in the US and will be released in November 2024.

She trained in some of London and New York's top bakeries, including Dominique Ansel, Ottolenghi, Happy Endings, and Little Bread Pedlar, and is the author of ‘Kitchen Projects’, a top food and drink newsletter on Substack, praised as an ‘incredible resource’ by The Observer.

This weekly newsletter delves deep into the world of pastry, exploring everything from beignets and focaccia, to sorbet and cheesecake – and has over 60,000 dedicated readers. Kitchen Projects also features a series of guest columnists, including Camilla Wynne, Brian Levy and Octavia Lamb.

Nicola's recipes and writing have been featured in Serious Eats, The Guardian, Olive, Vogue, and ES Magazine. She continues to host sell-out pastry parties with her pop-up bakery, lark! and has collaborated with notable names like Verena Lochmuller of Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, Toklas Bakery, Farro, Lannan, Soft & Swirly, and Kossoffs, among others.