Janella Purcell lives the life we all want to lead. Healthy, happy and full of food! She made a special trip from the Mid-North Coast to Booktopia to sign some copies of her bestselling new book Janella’s Super Natural Foods and teach our Incompetent Cook a thing or two about the most important meal of the day, Breakfast! Janella is all about making food that is healthy AND easy, with ove... Read more

THE Masterchef, Julie Goodwin, has a new book out that the whole family will love. It’s called 20/20 Meals, short for $20 meals in less than 20 minutes. Sounds good already doesn’t it? Julie dropped by Booktopia HQ to teach The Incompetent Chef a thing or two from her book, in particular the fancied Beef Tacos, all made from scratch in less than 20 minutes, and for considerably less... Read more

Matt Moran is one of Australia’s favourite chefs. From his humble upbringing on a dairy farm, he now runs one of Australia’s finest restaurants, ARIA, and hosts one of the biggest shows on TV, From Paddock to Plate on The Lifestyle Channel. But can he teach The Incompetent Cook a thing or two from his new book Matt’s Kitchen Garden Cookbook? Grab a copy of Matt’s Kitchen... Read more

Every week Booktopia’s Andrew Cattanach reviews a cookbook. He is an incompetent cook. He is The Incompetent Cook. Tex-Mex from Scratch by Jonas Cramby It’s time for another instalment of The Incompetent Cook. This week he road tests Tex-Mex from Scratch by Jonas Cramby. Scroll down to see how you could win a Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker valued at $699! It’s been a busy few mo... Read more

Grab a copy of Karl Cooks here Karl Cooks by Karl Stefanovic From the co-host of Australia’s popular Today show comes this easy to use cookbook full of delicious recipes for any Aussie home chef that wants to be able to eat like Karl. Whether you’re planning a weekend with mates, looking to spoil your lady friend or need a no-fuss breakfast to ease your hangover – Karl Cooks h... Read more

Jane Kennedy made her name in comedy, so when she arrived at Booktopia to sign copies of her wonderful new cookbook One Dish: Two Ways, we were always going to try to impress her. Did we? Probably not, but we had some fun trying. Take a look at possibly our most ridiculous video yet, as she meets Andrew Cattanach, The Incompetent Cook. Grab a copy of One Dish: Two Ways here One Dish: Two Ways b... Read more

Every month Booktopia’s Andrew Cattanach reviews a cookbook. He is an incompetent cook. He is The Incompetent Cook. Eat In by Anna Gare The meals: Tomato and Pesto Soup Chermoula Chicken with Harissa & Minted Yoghurt Lemon and Lime Pudding Read more

Every couple of weeks Booktopia’s Andrew Cattanach reviews a cookbook. He is an Incompetent cook. He is The Incompetent Cook. Bill’s Italian Food by Bill Granger The meals: Mozzarella, Roasted Capsicum and Caper Pizza Artichoke and Ham Lasagne Pistachio and Orange Loaf Cake Read more

Welcome to The Incompetent Cook, a cooking blog with a difference. Booktopia’s Andrew Cattanach will road test a new cookbook each week, picking a starter, a main, and a dessert to cook. He’ll report back on how the dishes fared in his cripplingly unskilled hands. This week’s challenge for The Incompetent Cook…. What’s For Dinner by Curtis Stone The meals: Asian Be... Read more

Welcome to The Incompetent Cook, a cooking blog with a difference. Booktopia’s Andrew Cattanach will road test a new cookbook each week, picking a starter, a main, and a desert to cook. He’ll report back on how the dishes fared in his severely unskilled hands. This week’s challenge for The Incompetent Cook…. The Complete Slow Cooker by Sally Wise The meals: Country Chick... Read more