| LIDIA | TV chef and cookbook author Bastianich |
| SAMIN | Chef and cookbook author ___ Nosrat |
| OTTOLENGHI | Chef and cookbook author Yotam |
| SAMINNOSRAT | Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across |
| PADMA | Indian-born actress, model, TV host and cookbook author, - Lakshmi (5) |
| SIMONES | Actress Signoret and cookbook author Beck |
| LAILA | Boxer and cookbook author Ali |
| NOSRAT | "Salt Fat Acid Heat" docuseries host and cookbook author Samin |
| WHITE | Annabelle ..., food writer and cookbook author (5) |
| APOT | Bastianich cookbook "Lidia's ___, a Pan, and a Bowl" |
| FANNYCRADOCK | Phyllis Primrose-Pechey, TV chef and author (5,7) |
| NADIYAHUSSAIN | British TV chef and author who won The Great British Bake Off in 2015 (6,7) |
| BONHOMIE | Good nature: TV chef and I divide dog food (8) |
| NIGELLA | Famous TV chef and 'Domestic Goddess', ------- Lawson (7) |
| YANS | TV chef and family |
| HOM | TV chef and Chinese food specialist, Ken _ (3) |
| NIGEL | TV chef and food writer, - - - Slater (5) |
| AINSLEY | ------- Harriott, TV chef and presenter (7) |
| STEIN | TV chef and restaurateur linked with Cornwall, Rick_ (5) |
| DELIA | TV chef and Norwich City owner, ... Smith (5) |
