News: The Theatre Cafe and West End legend Mazz Murray to release stagey cookbook

The Theatre Cafe and Mazz Murray have teamed up to release of a new recipe book!

Join us as we delve into a recipe book packed with over 70 recipes from your favourite performers and creatives.

And 5, 6, 7, EAT – The Theatre Cafe Cookbook features performers from across stage and screen, including stars of Bridgerton, Dear Evan Hansen, Dreamgirls, Les Misérables, SIX and more.

The book is announced on 16 March to commemorate the closure of theatres, due to the pandemic, on the same day last year. It is available to pre-order now, with a release date set for April and a portion of proceeds going toward theatre charity Acting for Others.

Packed with delicious meals, delectable desserts and sumptuous cocktails, And 5, 6, 7, EAT – The Theatre Cafe Cookbook includes recipes galore and gives audiences the chance to get to know their favourite performers, and the Cafe, a little better. Find out how The Theatre Cafe came to be, plus see what sort of treats are offered inside!

Over the past year, we have been forced to spend more time than usual in our kitchens. So what have our theatrical friends been cooking up? Filled with snacks, main meals, delectable desserts and scrumptious cocktails – all with stagey names, of course – And 5, 6, 7, EAT allows fans and fellow industry members to get up close and personal with their friends and favourite performers.

The cookbook will be in hardcover and is priced at £25 plus P&P, with a portion of proceeds going toward theatre charity Acting for Others.

And 5, 6, 7, EAT features over 70 recipes from a host of stage performers and creatives, including Christine Allado, Fabian Aloise, Mark Anderson, Lucy May Barker, Maisey Bawden, Tracie Bennett, Nikki Bentley, Courtney Bowman, Alexandra Burke, Ashley Campbell, Anna-Jane Casey and Graham MacDuff, Georgina Castle, Oscar Conlon-Morrey, Louise Dearman, Nicole Raquel Dennis, Brenda Edwards, Kerry Ellis, Michael England, Alice Fearn, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Ben Forster, Josefina Gabrielle, Kate Graham, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Ruthie Henshall, Rob Houchen, Ben Irish, Kim Ismay, Melissa Jacques, Michael Jibson, Lesley Joseph, Idriss Kargbo, Emma Kingston, Jamie Lambert, Bonnie Langford, Anthony Van Laast, Rebecca Lock, Hannah Lowther, Linda Lusardi and Sam Kane, Rebecca McKinnis, Jane Milligan, Gina Murray, Mazz Murray, Millie O’Connell, Sarah O’Connor, John Owen-Jones, Dianne Pilkington, Arlene Phillips, Jodie Prenger, Golda Rosheuvel, Jenna Russell, Lauren Samuels, Katy Secombe, Caroline Sheen, Joshua St Clair, Jodie Steele, Danielle Steers, Zizi Strallen, Harriet Thorpe, Rebecca Trehearn, Rachel Tucker, Gareth Valentine, Marisha Wallace, Rachael Wooding and Michael Xavier.

Joe Davey, Owner of The Theatre Cafe, said; “We are thrilled to finally be releasing a cookbook, and thought it appropriate to commemorate one year since theatres closed on 16 March 2020. It’s been tough for our industry, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Until then, we will go on supporting everyone as much as we can, and continue to fly our flag for the Arts.”

Mazz Murray said; “Because London theatre has been so dark, my theatre family and some of my stage-star friends have joined the amazing Theatre Cafe to make this recipe cookbook of all our foodie favs. Shakespeare would never have believed – that this year “Food be the ‘music’ of love – so, eat up!”

Pre-order your copy now!

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