‘Shellfish – fast, delicious food’

A series of books and masterclasses on how to prepare shellfish.
By Rosemary Williams.

Shellfish is quick, easy, delicious and nutritious

If you’ve ever wondered how to prepare shellfish, are scared of it or just stay away through fear of messing it up, you’re in the right place.

Books, masterclasses and family history

It started with the books – written by Rosemary Williams to share her family’s unique methods of preparing shellfish.
Then people kept on asking her to show them how to prepare shellfish, so she developed the masterclasses which she hosts at her North Kent home.

Rosemary has fishmonger history across Kent and her grandfather’s and uncle’s methods, which she outlines in the books and teaches at the masterclasses.

Based in Kent, Rosemary has spent many years as a business coach and, after researching her family history, realised her grandad’s unique methods of preparing shellfish would only be passed on if she wrote them down. They had been handed down through her family and Rosemary is the only one left who knows how to do them.

And so the books were born, followed by the masterclasses.

The first in the collection of books, which takes you through how to prepare a crab, was published in November 2016. Since then she’s been writing the rest of the series, with mussels and oysters coming in 2019.

The books are carefully designed to be easy to read and handle while preparing shellfish and all the pages wipe clean. Photographs and notes help you by giving you confidence and a sense of achievement.

Rosemary said: “I had all the information, this rich family history and thought it had to get written down somewhere, as I am the last one in the family line who knows it. It’s a great book for both home cooks and professional chefs.”

Buy her books or find out about her masterclasses.