Gill Meller is a chef, award-winning food writer, food stylist and cookery teacher. He lives near the small fishing town of Lyme Regis in Devon. Known for sharing the stage with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at River Cottage, Gill has partnered with the ESSE product development and testing team for approaching twenty years.
Designed as the centre piece for his recipe video content, Gill’s recently renovated dream kitchen features the ESSE 1000 T electric range cooker in an anthracite matt finish with brushed steel hob lids. His fondness of the cooking qualities and efficiency of the ESSE range remains unchallenged.
“The ESSE certainly takes centre stage sitting beautifully between my main run of worktops and I know that it is going to be a real focal point for the kitchen. It is without question the most brilliant ESSE I’ve cooked on to date. The execution of the construction and the finishing touches are absolutely beautiful. I love the practicality of the induction and the slumber setting gives a lovely gentle warmth to the kitchen.”
Gill’s cooking is a reflection of his surroundings. He takes inspiration from the landscape, his locality, and the amazing farmers, growers and fisherman that produce the ingredients he uses. His food is humble and un-showy, yet inspiring, spell-bindingly beautiful, and truly delicious.
Gill was one of the first chefs to produce seasonal recipes for ESSE, working with ESSE cookers in his summer house since 2006. Gill’s recipes highlight how an ESSE transfers an unrivalled consistent and even heat to the dishes.
“Cooking dinner for 14 is a sheer joy using one of ESSE’s range cookers. I am impressed with how reactive the cooker is, heating up in a matter of minutes. The timing function is also great, really easy to use and makes the whole thing feel very economic and manageable.”
Up and coming recipes will show the ESSE electric range cooker in action in Gill’s new kitchen – visit our recipes page and follow the ‘esse1854’ social media feeds.
Follow Gill Meller’s short films and kitchen renovation stories at his Instagram feed – ‘gill.meller’ and look out for the ESSE 1000 T cooker featuring in his next book launch.
For further information about ESSE electric and wood-fired range cookers, visit our range cookers page.
