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London\u2019s home to world-class chefs and restaurateurs, and we have their insider tips for where they shop for food. But celebrities gotta eat too, and they have some star recommendations of their own.<\/p>\n
We take a look back at The Standard\u2019s My London<\/a> interviewees over the past year and sift through our archives to find the best places to do your food shopping<\/a> in London this Christmas.<\/p>\n One of the great truisms in life is that you can fall out with your wife, mistress and even your bank manager but never with your butcher<\/p>\n AA Gill<\/p>\n Michel Roux Jr<\/strong>: Moens the butcher<\/strong>, a family-run business that\u2019s been there for as long as I can remember, just off Clapham Common. Obviously they have great meat, but they also have a great cheese counter and do lots of stocks and sauces. <\/p>\n Jamie Oliver<\/strong>: At the Ginger Pig<\/strong> butcher in Borough Market they all know their stuff.<\/p>\n Fred Sirieix<\/strong>: William Rose Butchers<\/strong> in Dulwich for brilliant quality meat.<\/p>\n Anya Hindmarch recommends M. Moen & Sons butchers<\/p>\n Vick Hope<\/strong><\/a>: I\u2019m a big fan of the Hampstead Butcher & Providore<\/strong> for free range, organic meat.<\/p>\n Elizabeth Hurley<\/strong>: Luigi’s deli<\/strong> and Wyndham House<\/strong>, the butchers, both on Fulham Road.<\/p>\n Jonathan Saunders<\/strong>: Hill & Szrok Master Butchers<\/strong> on Broadway Market. It\u2019s old-school, with great staff, and it turns into a no-reservations restaurant in the evening where you sit around the butcher\u2019s bench.<\/p>\n Joan Collins<\/strong>: Allens<\/strong>, my all-time favourite butcher on Mount Street in Mayfair.<\/p>\n Kirstie Allsopp<\/strong>: Lidgate<\/strong> on Holland Park Avenue is the best butcher’s.<\/p>\n Tom Parker Bowles buys his meat from HG Walter<\/p>\n Dave Benett<\/p>\n Lorraine Pascale<\/strong>: The Chelsea Fishmonger<\/strong> has the best fish in town; I go there a couple of times a week<\/p>\n Michel Roux Jr<\/strong>: Moxon\u2019s<\/strong> the fishmonger, which is on the other side of the common. It\u2019s restaurant-quality fish. You should see the queues out there on a Friday and Saturday, it\u2019s unbelievable.<\/p>\n Jamie Oliver<\/strong>: Golborne Fisheries<\/strong> in W10 \u2013 it does a great job sourcing unusual fish.<\/p>\n Dermot O\u2019Leary<\/strong>: La Petite Poissonnerie<\/strong> in Marylebone. I cook a lot so this place is a lifesaver and Nic who runs it is a legend.<\/p>\n Vick Hope says La Petite Poissonnerie \u201cis such a gorgeous little fishmonger\u201d<\/p>\n Ian West\/PA Wire<\/p>\n Emma Barnett<\/strong>: Harry Otto & Son<\/strong> for fish in Brixton market; day-boat fresh, great value for money and always delish. And speedy service with a smile and a twinkle in the eye.<\/p>\n Mary Portas<\/strong>: I’d drive across London to get to Steve Hatt’s<\/strong> fishmongers on Essex Road, it’s the best in the country.<\/p>\n Yotam Ottolenghi<\/strong>: My favourite spots to pick up bread are Bread By Bike<\/strong> and Salvino<\/strong> (conveniently positioned on the way home from work).<\/p>\n Angela Hartnett<\/strong>: The Little Bread Pedlar<\/strong>, which does wonderful breads, and then you\u2019ve also got Steve the honey man.<\/p>\n Paul Smith<\/strong>: Poil\u00e2ne bakery<\/strong> for the best bread.<\/p>\n Kaya Scodelario says you will find \u201cthe best sourdough of your life\u201d at Dunns bakery in Crouch End<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Lauren Laverne<\/strong><\/a>: Dunns Bakery<\/strong> in Muswell Hill is an institution. Get the rosemary sourdough with salted crust, toast and butter it and watch your life change.<\/p>\n Emma Barnett<\/strong>: Every Friday I hunt down a challah loaf, usually from Gail\u2019s<\/strong>. Being Jewish in south London has its limitations.<\/p>\n A Latvian woman, as she drove me down Regent Street, asked why young men were queueing outside Nike Town. I explained it was because some new trainers had arrived. She said nothing for about a minute and then, with great seriousness: \u2018I have queued for cheese.\u2019<\/p>\n Frank Skinner on the best thing a cabbie has ever said to him<\/p>\n La Fromagerie<\/strong>, with its shops in Marylebone, Bloomsbury and Highbury, is the chef\u2019s choice, described by Jamie Oliver<\/strong> as \u201cheaven for anyone who loves good food\u201d.<\/p>\n Yotam Ottolenghi<\/strong>: La Fromagerie in Highbury is essential for properly aged comt\u00e9 \u2014 their ageing room is a temple to proper cheese. Labour and Wait on Redchurch Street for beautiful, functional kitchen tools that make cooking much more pleasurable. Longdan is where I go for Asian ingredients \u2014 I can lose hours in their aisles. And Phoenicia, in Kentish Town, is my go-to for everything Middle Eastern.<\/p>\n Jamie Oliver<\/strong>: Go to La Fromagerie and say, \u2018I want to have a little cheese tasting to take on a picnic.\u2019 Don\u2019t tell them anything. They\u2019ll choose it for you. Believe in the cheese. The power of cheese is profound.<\/p>\n Sophie Dahl shops for cheese at La Fromagerie<\/p>\n Dave Benett<\/p>\n Angela Hartnett<\/strong>: I love La Fromagerie in Marylebone. Patricia Michelson\u2019s produce is incredible; she gets the best of the best. She\u2019s been doing it for more than 20 years now, so she really knows her stuff.<\/p>\n Michel Roux Jr<\/strong>: I get superb British cheeses from Neal\u2019s Yard<\/strong>. It has something new every time I walk in.<\/p>\n Poppy Delevingne<\/strong>: For food, my favourite is Daylesford<\/strong>. I swear every cheese there has won some kind of award. If it\u2019s a cheddar and it\u2019s won multiple awards, I\u2019m getting it, do you know what I mean?<\/p>\n Joanna Lumley<\/strong>: The Rippon Cheese Shop<\/strong> in Pimlico does an amazing Emmental and a strong British cheddar.<\/p>\n Best grocery shops in London<\/p>\n And for everything else, whether its for your kitchen staples or specialist delis, our My London interviewees have their own go-to places.<\/p>\n Grace Dent<\/strong>: If I\u2019m passing Fortnum & Mason<\/strong>, downstairs they have an incredible honey section. Waitrose<\/strong> in Beckenham has a really good kosher section; I don\u2019t know why particularly in Beckenham. I go to Yardarm<\/strong> in Leyton, which is a deli and a wine shop \u2014 I did my WSET course there to learn how to taste wine. And I swear by the spice place in Borough Market<\/strong>, although I find it a bit overwhelming on a Saturday.<\/p>\n Loyd Grossman<\/strong>: Emilia’s Deli<\/strong> on the New Kings Road is a superlative Italian delicatessen. I could spend all my time eating through the stock – it’s exceptional.<\/p>\n Harrods has the greatest food hall in the world, says Piers Morgan<\/p>\n Harrods<\/p>\n Andi Oliver<\/strong>: Palm2<\/strong> is a beautiful little Clapton deli.<\/p>\n Ralph Fiennes<\/strong>: Leila\u2019s Shop<\/strong>. I would be lost without this small shop on Calvert Avenue for my grocery essentials.<\/p>\n Skye McAlpine<\/strong>: Natoora<\/strong> for fresh fruit, veg and Italian cheeses. Lina Stores for panettone, fresh pasta and pistachio butter.<\/p>\n Lewis Goodall<\/strong>: This sounds so bourgeois but there\u2019s a really lovely delicatessen a few minutes from me, David\u2019s Deli<\/strong> in Streatham Common. The shop I use most is Lidl. 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