Padella by Tim Siadatan

Last updated: 13 October 2026

What is in the Padella cookbook

The book has the restaurant's best-known plates: pappardelle with beef shin ragu, pici cacio e pepe, fettuccine with 'nduja and mascarpone, and tagliarini with crab, chilli, lemon and parsley. It also includes new and off-menu dishes that the restaurant had not published before.

Beyond the recipes, there are step-by-step guides to the equipment and the techniques for making fresh pasta by hand. Recipes range from quick weeknight dishes to slower seasonal ones. It is bound in real cloth and illustrated with photographs of the kitchens, markets and landscapes of Italy.

The restaurant behind it

Padella has three London sites, at Borough Market, Shoreditch and Soho, and its sister restaurant is Trullo in Highbury. It is known for fresh pasta at low prices and for the queues outside the Borough Market branch. The book has praise from cooks including Jamie Oliver, Yotam Ottolenghi and Rachel Roddy, who calls it "an extremely handsome, useful and inspiring book".

Key facts

• Author: Tim Siadatan
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Published: 11 September 2025
• Format: clothbound hardback, 368 pages
• ISBN: 9781526674616
• Prize: Waterstones Gift Book of the Year 2025

Who it suits as a gift

It suits anyone who has eaten at Padella and wants to make the ragu at home. It also fits a confident home cook who wants to start making fresh pasta, because the technique sections cover the kit and the method. And for someone who collects good-looking cookbooks, the cloth binding makes it one to keep out on the shelf.

The limits

Fresh pasta takes time and some practice, and several of the best-known recipes rely on it. A cook who wants quick dinners from dried pasta will use only part of the book. Some recipes also call for Italian ingredients such as 'nduja, which a smaller supermarket may not stock.

Where to buy it in the UK

Amazon UK had the hardback at £20.53, in stock. Bookshop.org had it at £23.75, ready to despatch, and every order there supports independent bookshops. For another cookbook to give, see Japan: The Cookbook.

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FAQs

Who wrote the Padella cookbook?

Tim Siadatan, who co-founded Padella and its sister restaurant Trullo.

How much is the Padella cookbook?

On 13 October 2026, Amazon UK had the hardback at £20.53 and Bookshop.org at £23.75.

Does it include the beef shin ragu?

Yes. The pappardelle with beef shin ragu is in it, along with the pici cacio e pepe.

Does it show you how to make fresh pasta?

Yes. It has step-by-step guides to the equipment and techniques for making pasta at home.

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