PETER GORDON IS THE CHEFOWNER OF LONDON’S PROVIDORES RESTAURANT, WHICH CLOSES THIS MONTH AFTER 18 YEARS. PETER ALSO SET UP THE ARTISAN DOUGHNUT COMPANY CROSSTOWN DOUGHNUTS. HE’S WRITTEN SEVERAL COOKBOOKS, THE LATEST OF WHICH IS EATING WELL EVERYDAY (JACQUI SMALL ￡22)
PHOTOGRAPH: GARETH MORGANS. STYLING: OLIVIA WARDLE
“This is Elizabeth David’s chip scoop. It was bought for me as a gift by friends who’d gone to an auction of her personal kitchen bits and pieces, and when they saw it they knew it was meant for me.
I love the fact that Elizabeth even had a chip scoop. I wonder what she must have scooped from and into it… Perhaps she’d been moonlighting at the local chippy? Having her scoop is a treat in the way that, if I were a football fan, I’d be thrilled to have Pele’s shirt. I used the scoop the first week I was given it but then decided it should be seen and not used, in case I washed off any of Elizabeth’s magic dust!”