A cook’s kitchen: Japanese knives and precision scales take pride of place in the kitchen of Neil Rankin

A cook’s kitchen: For Chez Panisse chef and activist Alice Waters, an open fire, hand-made spoons and commemorative glasses are the perfect treasures

A cook’s kitchen: Antique knick-knacks and golden knives find a home in Jasmine Hemsley’s kitchen ... which she uses to make this hearty Lancashire-style lamb hotpot spiced with pink peppercorns

A cook’s kitchen: Elizabeth David, Alice Waters and her own mother remain chef-restaurateur Sally Clarke’s guiding lights

A Cook’s Kitchen: The pasta master thinks simplicity and green fingers are all that are required in the kitchen

You have to be picky about your ingredients and kit, says star Spanish chef José Pizarro of his London home kitchen

A cook’s kitchen: Endless aprons, vintage cookbooks and Maras salt are Martin Morales’s trusted tools for making this Andean-style pumpkin casserole and sticky Oxapampa tart from his new cookbook

A cook’s kitchen: Powerful umami flavours and a tin of Old Bay seasoning make up ramen master Tim Anderson‘s toolkit – try them on this chicken katsu curry from his new book

A cook’s kitchen A spattered splashback, expansive worktop and stylish LED ring light make up the home rig of top chef Jacob Kenedy

A cook’s kitchen: Grandad’s sweet jar and a photo of top chefs in a foodfight are among the curios in Michelin-star chef Tom Aikens’ kitchen

A cook’s kitchen: Hand-crafted knives, an oft‑signed table and stolen wooden spoons are prized by the chef and food writer Gill Meller

A cook’s kitchen: ‘Everything is exposed. Nothing can be hidden.’

A cook’s kitchen: Sam and Samantha Clark of Moro hoard many an intriguing curio – a giant oven, a stone mill – and what exactly is a chekich?

A cook’s kitchen: Super chef Vivek Singh gives us a peek inside his kitchen, and shares a recipe for masala dosa pancakes and thoran just in time for Onam festival

A cook’s kitchen: An irreplaceable handmade table laden with memories is the heart of the kitchen for writer Elisabeth Luard. Here she shares an extract from her latest cookbook, Flavours of Andalucia

A cook’s kitchen: Rescued treasures, flea-market finds and gifted cookware find a new lease of life with Zoe Adjonyoh

A Cook’s Kitchen Chef Peter Gordon likes his pottery piled high and shelves well-stocked with memories

A cook’s kitchen: Travel oddities, pilfered herbs and stack of spices embellish the rather narrow kitchen of kids’ food specialist Claire Thomson

A cook’s kitchen: Family mementoes, slightly bonkers knick-knacks and a vintage mixer take pride of place in the kitchen of chef Allegra McEvedy

A cook’s kitchen Chef Richard Bertinet finds harmony in clean marble surfaces, fresh crusty bread and a kiddie rolling pin