WINNER OF 'CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR' AT THE FORTNUM AND MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS 2024

AS HEARD ON THE CRAIG CHARLES SHOW ON BBC 6MUSIC

Comedian and cook George Egg is 'The Snack Hacker'

What began as a lockdown project ballooned into a full-time pursuit for accessible, innovative and delicious culinary ideas, racking up millions of online views in the process. In his first recipe book, George delivers delights that will appeal as much to the food-fanatic as they will to the culinary curious - a crash course for the undiscovered gourmand and a reminder to the seasoned foodie that it's OK to have fun in the kitchen.

Presenting a mixture of hacks for fast food favourites alongside recipes for 'proper' dinners using surprising combinations and unconventional methods, while leaning into the food nostalgia of formative years, The Snack Hacker inhabits a place where the frowned-upon (processed cheese, crab-sticks, salad cream) sits with the gourmet (honey, tahini, seaweed). Join George as he guides you from Deep-fried Pot Noodle to Chip Shop Tortilla, Microwave Shakshuka to Twiglet Brownies, Peshwari Toasties to Beer-Battered Celebrations - all stitched together with his culinary memories of growing up in '80s London.


A colourful cookbook that's rich with inventive design, illustration and photography, The Snack Hacker offers an inspiring approach to unpretentious cooking whether you're a professional chef, a home cook or a kitchen-shy greedy-guts.

Cookbook by award-winning cook, comedian and content creator George Egg, showing you how to make creative and inventive snacks by using what's in your store cupboard and modifying existing products.

About the Author

George Egg is a comedian, a cook and a content creator. Since 2015 he has written, produced and performed four live cooking-with-comedy shows. All four shows enjoyed sell out runs at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe and went on to tour both nationally as well as overseas.

During the Covid lockdown George began producing 'Snack Hacker', his short-form online food show in which he interferes with familiar food items, improving them and creating innovative recipes with food-centric stand-up. Over one hundred episodes later, the show has amassed tens of millions of views, an avid social media following and has attracted a slew of A-list guests from the worlds of comedy and food, including Romesh Ranganathan and James Acaster. The show's success has in turn lead to George appearing as a 'celebrity chef' at numerous food festivals, as well as winning Content Creator of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drinks Awards 2024.

George has appeared (and cooked) on Channel 4's Bake Off: An Extra Slice and Steph's Packed Lunch, ITV's This Morning and BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends as well as guest-presenting an episode of BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme. He now features regularly on Loose Ends as one of the shows roster of co-hosts and appears every Monday on Craig Charles' BBC 6 Music show where he talks snacks.

Book Information
ISBN 9781785121715
Author George Egg
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint BLINK Publishing
Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd