Charlotte Ree

Charlotte Ree is an author and devoted home cook who uses the process of baking as a way to reflect on everyday life. Throughout her time in lockdown, cooking meals for herself as well as her neighbours, she discovered the transformational power of food and its ability to inspire us. She regularly hosts a completely free supper club—Heartbake Bites—from her own home. The popular, very laidback, and very human experience currently boasts a 2,500+ guest waitlist.

 

In 2023, Charlotte published her book Heartbake - part memoir, part recipe book, part joyous battle cry for those who find themselves lonely at any age, hungry for so much more from life. Cookbook author Charlotte Ree ended her marriage at the start of the pandemic. Since then, she has been slowly emerging into her new beginning courtesy of a recipe for happiness that involves cooking for one.

A cloud-like cheesecake distilled into a sculptural stack of ingredients. This dreamy depiction is by artist Nicole Nelius whose take on Charlotte Ree’s Burnt Basque cheesecake is defined by contrast — a light and delicate composition, about to be transformed into a gloriously cracked and crinkled, deeply golden cheesecake.