Edward Kidder

Who was Edward Kidder?

Edward Kidder was a renowned 18th century pastrycook, or, as he called himself, "pastry-master," who carried on his business in Queen Street, Cheapside.

He is best remembered for his book of Receipts of Pastry and Cookery, for the use of his scholars, with each page of printed using engraved copper plates in contrast to most which were made from moveable types, with a portrait of himself, in the full wig and costume of the day, as a frontispiece. He died in 1739, at the age of seventy-three.