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Top 23 Cookbook publishers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 93 cookbook publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 625 professional contacts across them, including 244 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers cookbook publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
93Companies
625Contacts tracked
244Verified emails
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The 23 largest cookbook publishers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 23 of 93 cookbook publishers based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to cookbook publishers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200121 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Celebrating 100 years of creativity Phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts with over 1,500 titles in print.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20046 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In July 1985 Michael O’Mara Books published its first book.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceTunbridge Wells, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5039 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Search Press is the publisher of the world’s finest art and craft books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceChichester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1990, Summersdale is a vibrant publisher that puts its heart and soul into creating exceptional books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5033 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pavilion Books specialises in illustrated books for the UK and international markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a dynamic consumer publishing company headed by media professionals Seamus Geoghegan, Adrienne Moyce and Jake Hopkins.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceExeter, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Originally founded in 1960, David and Charles is a leader in illustrated non-fiction publishing with a focus on craft and creative categories.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to Ryland Peters & Small - we are an independent illustrated book publisher working with the very best authors, photographers and stylists to produce beautiful books on…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Great British Chefs is the UK’s leading premium food website, combining online content with e-commerce and publishing of recipe books for a global audience of aspirational home…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Amber Books Ltd is an illustrated non-fiction publisher and book packaging company based in north London, UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Meze Publishing are specialists in producing cookbooks providing a creative and professional publishing service.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCrewe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ADJACENT DIGITAL POLITICS LIMITED is a Publishing company located in DATUM HOUSE ELECTRA WAY CREWE BUSINESS PARK, CREWE, CHESHIRE, United Kingdom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceShrewsbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Publish books - Promote tours”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sheldrake Press are independent non-fiction publishers in their 46th year.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Reel Art Press is a publishing cult"- Esquire”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-502 contacts →

Partial evidence

“RMC Books are a publisher of bespoke book titles - specialising in cookery books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidenceGloucester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Thanks for coming over for dinner Get your signed cookbook today Over half a million followers”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-501 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“LULA PUBLISHING LTD is a publishing company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceInverness, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bell & Mackenzie Publishing is an independent publishing house home to a successful collection of food, health, diet, lifestyle, creative and children books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceCheshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Run by a dedicated team in Cheshire, we create the iconic Dairy Diary and associated cookbooks.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceColchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Great British Food magazine the only UK mag 100 dedicated to the revival of Great British Food, bringing you easy recipes, producers and product news”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceLambeth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CARIBDIRECT MULTI-MEDIA LIMITED is a publishing company based out of 196 Freston Road London, United Kingdom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Clearview Books publishes high quality illustrated and narrative non-fiction books on lifestyle, including cookery, garden and floral design, interior design, photography and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Cookbook publishers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
39.0%Verified-email coverage
6.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
31.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
61
11-50
27
51-200
3
1,001-5,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 93 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among cookbook publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “cookbook publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names cookbook publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among cookbook publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 244 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Cookbook publishers by metro

  • Cookbook publishers in London29

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names cookbook publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many cookbook publishers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 93 cookbook publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Phaidon, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most cookbook publishers?

London leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Sheffield (4) and Alton (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 244 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 93 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.