Dan Lepard

Dan Lepard is an Australian baker, food writer, photographer, television presenter and celebrity chef. He was previously a fashion photographer working for Italian Vogue^[1][2]

In 1992 Lepard became a pastry chef for Alastair Little^[3] in Soho, London even though he had no formal training.^[4] He then worked for David Hockney as a chef in both London and Los Angeles.^[5] He started working as a baker and consultant at Baker & Spice Bakery in 1997.^[6] At his time at Baker & Spice he worked with Sami Tamimi, Yotam Ottolenghi, and Jim Webb (head viennoiserie chef).^[7] Lepard has founded bakeries for Fergus Henderson at St John,^[8] John Torode at Mezzo,^[9] Tony Kitous at Levant^[10] and Giorgio Locatelli at Locanda Locatelli^[11] and Zafferano.^[12]

In 2003 Lepard was the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to London Restaurants at the London Restaurant Awards.^[13] In 2012, he created the pop-up bakery The Loaf in a Box in San Sebastián, Spain.^{[14] [15] [16]}

From 2005^[17] through to September 2013^[18] he wrote a weekly baking column in The Guardian called How to Bake.^{[19] [20]} He also writes for Waitrose Magazine,^[21] Sainsburys Magazine,^[22] and Delicious Magazine^[23] (UK). In Australia Lepard writes for Gourmet Traveller Magazine.^[24] In 2014 Dan started to write a cookery column for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in Melbourne^[25]

In 2013 Lepard featured as a judge alongside Kerry Vincent on The Great Australian Bake Off, on Nine Network in Australia.^[26] This was the first series and is based on the popular British format The Great British Bake Off. In the UK he appears as a guest chef on Channel Four's Sunday Brunch.^[27][28]

Lepard has lived in London since his late teens. In 2012 Dan Lepard entered into a civil partnership with his long-term partner and business manager David Whitehouse.^[29]

• Baking with Passion (1999) – winner of the Guild of Food Writers' Cook Book of the Year Award^[30]
• The Handmade Loaf (2004) – shortlisted for a Guild of Food Writers Award^[31] and a World Food Media Award^[12]
• The Cook's Book: Step-by-step techniques & recipes for success every time from the world's top chefs (2005) – author of the baking section – winner of the James Beard Foundation Book Award
• Dictionnaire Universel du Pain (2010) – author of the British section^[32][33]
• Exceptional Cakes: Baker & Spice (2007) – co-wrote with Richard Whittington
• Exceptional Breads: Baker & Spice (2007) – co-wrote with Richard Whittington
• Short and Sweet (2011) – winner of the André Simon Award for Cookbook of the Year
• Comptoir Libanais (2013) – co-wrote with Tony Kitous
• Comptoir Libanais Express (2014) – co-wrote with Tony Kitous

• Made in Italy: Food and Stories (2006) – winner of the Glenfiddich and World Gourmand awards
• Hawksmoor at Home: Meat – Seafood – Sides – Breakfasts – Puddings – Cocktails (2011)

• Official website