Welcome from our President Claudia Roden
Our President, Claudia Roden, has long been a guiding light of the Oxford Symposium. Her books, among them the ground-breaking The Book of Middle Eastern Food and The Book of Jewish Food, have inspired food historians and sociologists as well as home-cooks and professional chefs for more than five decades. But it is her skill as story-teller – meticulous recorder of treasured memories – that makes her books irresistible.
The Sophie Coe Prize: Announcement and Tribute to the Coes
The Sophie Coe Prize is the most prestigious and longest-running prize for writing in English in the field of food history. Established by Michael Coe and Alan Davidson in 1995,…
Rising Scholar Presentation
The Oxford Rising Scholar recognizes a young scholar who has not reached the age of 31 years by the opening day of the annual Symposium. First awarded in 2007 and…
Reports from the Young Chefs
In order to make the Symposium experience more accessible to food professionals early in their careers, the Friends of the Oxford Food Symposium sponsor a program of Young Chef Grants.…
Welcome from our President Claudia Roden with Elisabeth Luard and Ursula Heinzelmann
Our President, Claudia Roden, has long been a guiding light of the Oxford Symposium. Her books, among them the ground-breaking The Book of Middle Eastern Food and The Book of Jewish Food, have inspired…
