Top 20 British Cooking Influencers on Instagram (Sep 2026)

We found 89 cooking Influencers in United Kingdom
These influencers mention 'cooking' in their Instagram bio and have audiences primarily in United Kingdom. Here are the top 20. To run a custom search, check out Modash's influencer discovery features (free to try).
09/15/2026
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2. Gastronomic J5

United Kingdom

🥘Let’s get everyone cooking 🥷Chef & @gastronomic_kitchenware 👇RECIPES & KITCHENWARE👇

Followers
156.9k
Fake followers
18.33%
Engagement rate
5.32%
Average Reel plays
116.3k
Audience gender
female
79.02%
male
20.98%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
75%
United States
7.27%
Spain
4.55%
Cyprus
1.82%
Jamaica
1.36%
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3. Xanthe Ross

United Kingdom

cooking, supper clubs, etc..💚 my cookbook Stay For Supper, is out now ‼️ represented by @roden 👋🏼 lucy@roden.agency

Followers
93.5k
Fake followers
16.22%
Engagement rate
1.41%
Average Reel plays
38k
Audience gender
female
75.43%
male
24.57%
Top performing Reels
  1. 16.5k
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  3. 7.2k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
71.72%
United States
6.01%
The Netherlands
2.32%
Australia
1.91%
Italy
1.49%
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4. Esther Clark

United Kingdom

Bestselling Substack - The Good Home Cook 🍝 Simple, comforting home cooking 🍋🍅🍐 Mostly a food writer 700+ of my recipes @goodfoodeveryday

Followers
76.4k
Fake followers
23.27%
Engagement rate
1.33%
Average Reel plays
66.9k
Audience gender
female
83.6%
male
16.4%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
66.49%
United States
7.1%
Australia
2.19%
Ireland
2.1%
Spain
1.73%
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6. Sally Abe

United Kingdom

Chef • Author • Founder @tealbysallyabe Great British Menu winner 🏅 Cooking tips, kitchen chaos & British food 👇 Bookings Justine@justinemurphy.com

Followers
62.1k
Fake followers
17.53%
Engagement rate
1.17%
Average Reel plays
39.5k
Audience gender
female
32.49%
male
67.51%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
United Kingdom
68.9%
United States
5.5%
Australia
4.07%
France
1.75%
Ireland
1.69%
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7. Beth Rigby

United Kingdom

Sky News’ Political Editor, Presenter & Podcaster, ‘Electoral Dysfunction’ Recovering newspaper hack & running, cooking, mid-century modern enthusiast

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8. clare cole

United Kingdom

cooking simple seasonal food chef at Towpath food styling supper clubs and events

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9. Chef Richard H

United Kingdom

🇬🇧iow exploring the world of cooking, sharing recipes, helpful tips, &inspiration. 👨🏻‍🍳 15 yrs professional chef Collab:richardhaywood@hotmail.co.uk

Followers
45.4k
Fake followers
8.38%
Engagement rate
1.43%
Average Reel plays
8k
Audience gender
female
62.09%
male
37.91%
Top performing Reels
  1. Garlic Butter sirloin Steak with Creamy Mozzarella Parmesan Rigatoni 🙌🔥 P.s Happy lovers day 💙 Ingredients For the steak: sirloin steak 2 tbsp olive oil 3 tbsp unsalted butter 4 cloves garlic, minced 1½ tsp Cajun seasoning ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp paprika ½ tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper For the cheesy rigatoni: 12 oz rigatoni pasta 2 tbsp unsalted butter 1 tbsp olive oil 1 small onion, finely diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1½ cups heavy cream ½ cup whole milk 1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese ½ cup cubed Velveeta cheese ¼ tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper ½ tsp Italian seasoning Directions: 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the rigatoni until just al dente. Drain and set aside. 2. Pat the steak tips dry and season evenly with Cajun seasoning, garlic powder, paprika, salt, and black pepper. 3. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the steak in a single layer and sear for 2–3 minutes per side until deeply golden with caramelized edges. Remove from the skillet and set aside. 4. Reduce heat to medium. Add butter and garlic to the same skillet. Cook for about 30 seconds until fragrant, then return the steak tips and toss until fully coated in garlic butter. Remove from heat and keep warm. 5. In a separate large pan, melt butter with olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft. Stir in garlic and cook briefly. 6. Pour in heavy cream and milk. Simmer gently for 3–4 minutes until slightly thickened. 7. Reduce heat to low. Add Velveeta cubes first and stir until fully melted and smooth. 8. Add mozzarella and Parmesan in batches, stirring constantly until the sauce becomes very thick, glossy, and heavily cheesy. 9. Add the cooked rigatoni and fold gently until every piece is completely smothered in cheese. The sauce should cling heavily to the pasta with visible cheese stretch when stirred. 10. Plate the cheesy rigatoni on one side and the garlic butter steak tips on the other. Spoon extra cheese sauce over the pasta and drizzle remaining garlic butter over the steak. Cook Time:30 minutes Servings:4 Calories:~860 per serving #food #pasta #steak #fyp #valentines
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Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
89.25%
Spain
1.76%
Australia
1.5%
United States
1.17%
France
0.78%
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10. Alice Rose Buttery

United Kingdom

Unfiltered motherhood as a first time mama ☘️ Probably cooking, in my garden or buying home decor ✨ alicerose@tbhtalent.com

Followers
38.9k
Fake followers
22.86%
Engagement rate
2.1%
Average Reel plays
54.4k
Audience gender
female
86.16%
male
13.84%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
59.85%
United States
13.84%
Canada
2.99%
France
1.87%
Ireland
1.75%

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11. banter, cooking, healthy living & weight loss

United Kingdom

🌿 Lost 6.5 stone in Dec 2020 & not piled it back on (yet) HUZZAH! 🟣 Refuses to do reels 🌿 Very average looking food 🟣 Likes bread 🌿 Enjoys a swear

Followers
38.3k
Fake followers
15.87%
Engagement rate
1.15%
Average Reel plays
15k
Audience gender
female
95.61%
male
4.39%
Top performing Reels
  1. PIZZAAAA Couldn't be arsed tonight, honestly, I just wanted to sit down with a pint of tea and a packet of digestives for dinner, and to be honest, if I thought I'd enjoy it - I would have, but I know me quite well after 41 years. It wouldn't fill my soul with joy or my belly with food. After calling myself out for my obvious arseholery I dragged my arse to the kitchen and settled on pizza and chips. Now I know I could have used a million different HeB options for my "base" or even made one myself but I didn't, I knew what I wanted. I wanted a 9.5 syn Deli Kitchen Greek flatbread base so that's what I had. Topped it with a homemade pizza sauce, HeA cheese and some lovely red onion; sometimes simple is best innit? Look at Joey from Friends: point proven. 9.5 syns for a proper pizza vibe is an utter bargain, but if you're too much of a tight arse to use the syns; use whatever you want.... And then shove a twix down your face later, because you "got syns left". That'll mean you've eaten hundreds more calories than you would have done just eating the fucking flatbread but WHATEVER DEIRDRE, YOU DO YOU. Special mention for @angusandoink "Fries with That" seasoning - first time trying them and v impressed. Cheesy, bacony and made my Actifry chips a whole heap sexier. Syn wise, if you piled it on, you'd need to be mindful but we used 10g between us, which works out as a quarter of a syn... I inhale more than that walking past Gregg's. Calorie wise, 7 calories for 5g. IT'S GOOD. You can buy it, like I did, from their site😉. Apart from it burning my mouth off AGAIN tonight, I enjoyed it immensely. So, 9.5 syns, one HeA and approx 545 calories. Marvellous. . . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 . . #slimmingworldplan #swuk #slimmingworld #swfood #slimmingworldinspiration #swfamily #slimmingworldrecipes #swtargetmember #foodoptimising #slimmingworldjourney #swrecipes #wwfood #swfriends #slimmingworldscotland #swfakeaway #countingcalories #slimmingworldfood #slimmingworldfamily #slimmingworldtips #slimmingworldinspiration #slimmingworldsupport #swfakeaway #swlowsyn #fifefoodie #fifeblogger #scottishblogger #slimmingworldfood #swdinner #slimmingworlddinner
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  2. One pan chicken, chorizo and mozzarella orzo thingy. Sounds like I've strung random words together and hoped for the best, which is generally how I cook too. It's hit or miss. You're welcome. Also, I'll level with you, this is not tonight's dinner. Tonight, I've had a tuna mayo sarnie, because the "meh" continues and I still can't be bothered. This WAS dinner earlier in the week though and it was properly good, so judge me for my sarnie but still make it. Dead easy, minimal washing up and ready in about 15 mins. It's 👌🏻. This'll give you three portions my size. One chopped onion and red pepper fried till soft, 15 syns of chopped chorizo (how much you get will depend which brand you use, check the app), chucked in and then one diced chicken breast (we like ours cut quite finely) fried for a few mins too. Add in one clove of garlic (either finely grated or minced)and a tablespoon of tomato puree - stir around for a few mins. Add in a tablespoon of smoked paprika, a chicken stock cube or stock pot, 220g orzo (dry weight), a smattering of chilli flakes and then top up the pan with 650ml of boiling water. Let it all bubble together until the pasta is cooked and the majority of the liquid is gone. You might need to add a bit more water - don't get distracted or it'll be rubbish. You've been warned. When it's done, stir through some chunks of mozzarella, more on top and then put the lid on the pan till it all melts. FYI A wide deep saucepan is the best thing to use rather than a normal tall one you'd use for pasta. Tell you what, we'll be having it again. All in it was 5 syns, one HeA and approx 560 calories. Anyway, I'm off to scowl at a sunset. Happy weekend people in my phone. #slimmingworldinspiration #slimmingworldfamily #swfamily #slimmingworld #swtargetmember #swmafia #slimmingworldtransformation #slimmingworldplan #swfriends #countingcaloriesuk #slimmingworldfood #weightlossuk #slimmingworldtransformation #swfacetoface #slimmingworldsupport #swfakeaway #swsynfree #caloriecountinguk #swmealideas #nutracheckuk #swinspiration #swdinnerinspo
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Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
84.65%
Ireland
4.54%
United States
1.92%
Spain
1.67%
Greece
0.7%
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12. Nathan

United Kingdom

Executive chef @vraicrestaurant Guernsey Channel Islands! Husband, father, Still fishing, still foraging & cooking on the fire just in a new location

Followers
31.4k
Fake followers
14.23%
Engagement rate
1.2%
Average Reel plays
11.6k
Audience gender
female
44.02%
male
55.98%
Top performing Reels
  1. 2.5k
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Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
82.64%
United States
2.06%
Ireland
1.8%
Australia
1.7%
Spain
1%
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14. Grace goes Gluten Free

United Kingdom

🍒 Cooking, eating and travelling as a coeliac 🧡 🇬🇧 Cambs, often found in London 💌 gracegoesgf@hotmail.com 🤳🏼 @graceolivialeigh

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15. Keith Greig

United Kingdom

Edinburgh's MEAT DADDY | Private Catering, BBQ Demos & Ambassador for @kadaiuk & @traegergrills.uk

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16. Lauren Elizabeth

📍UK 🏠 Home decor, DIY & Cleaning 🍴 Cooking 📱TikTok (70k+) Facebook (40k+) & YouTube (20k) 📧laurenelizabethathome@outlook.com

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17. Simon, a bloke in the woods

United Kingdom

Join me on my adventures into bushcraft, wild camping, campfire cooking, gear making and exploring the great outdoors by canoe, bike and on foot.

Followers
25.6k
Fake followers
16.97%
Engagement rate
6.29%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
female
18.77%
male
81.23%
Top performing Reels
  1. 3.4k
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  3. 2.6k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
52.49%
United States
17.53%
Canada
3.9%
Australia
2.73%
Germany
1.8%
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18. Harrison Iles

United Kingdom

Elevated everyday cooking🍽️ Chef tips, tricks and techniques🧑‍🍳 Enquires📩 harrison.iles@tsaglobal.co.uk

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19. sadiakabeya

United Kingdom

⚡️ @lightningrugby 🌹 @englandrugby 🧢Gilbert Ambassador 👟@adidasrugby 🦷@opromouthguards 📱Contact @weareisc 🥘Cooking @sadiacooksandeats

Followers
20.4k
Fake followers
14.4%
Engagement rate
5.79%
Average Reel plays
7.8k
Audience gender
female
63.8%
male
36.2%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
United Kingdom
79.61%
United States
4.69%
France
1.56%
Spain
1.42%
South Africa
1.06%
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20. Kel | Surely Not Vegan?

United Kingdom

🌱 Vegan cooking is my love language 🎵29K TikTok 💌For collabs/UGC: surelynotvegan@outlook.com

Followers
19.8k
Fake followers
11.2%
Engagement rate
1.86%
Average Reel plays
2.7k
Audience gender
female
79.38%
male
20.62%
Top performing Reels
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  3. THIS IS WHERE YOU’RE GOING WRONG… Okay, this is not traditional, this is my elevated version of the classic Italian dish - must say well done Italy because I could not live without a Spag Bol. So how do I make mine ‘the best’? It’s because of the richness and depth of flavour… 1. Classic soffritto white onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. I make sure there’s plenty of each ingredient, 3 large celery sticks, 2 large carrots, one large onion and 5 garlic cloves. Needs to be finely chopped for it to melt down better. 2. After the soffritto softens I add the meat free mince - it HAS to be @this.uk , I’ve cooked using this mince for meat eaters and they often prefer it to real beef, it’s sooooo good. Let the mince brown. 3. Then add 2 tbsp of tomato puree, 1 tbsp of soft brown sugar, nutritional yeast, 2 tbsp of dark soy, 1 tbsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp liquid maggi seasoning, 1tsp of each: oregano, sage, fresh rosemary and a bunch of fresh parsley. Let it continue to brown for another few mins. 4. Add some vegan beef stock (I use oxo), half a can of good quality chopped tomatoes, the juice of one lemon, salt and pepper and let it simmer. 5. Taste it once it has thickened. I cook intuitively so If it is too salty, add more lemon juice, sugar, chopped toms and a bit of stock, if it is too sweet add some more lemon and salt. And if it just feels slightly underwhelming you need to add a little bit more of everything until you get the flavour explosion 💥 My key elevations: Soy Sauce, Liquid Maggi, smoked paprika and lemon juice on and always use fresh rosemary and parsley (fresh herbs are non negotiable here) 👀 Serve with spaghetti or any pasta really and impress everyone!!!! #vegan #spagbol #spaghettibolognese #veganfood #veganspaghettibolognese #italianfood #plantbased #veganpasta #veganuk #pastarecipe
    336.6k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
63.95%
United States
12.37%
Canada
2.63%
Germany
2.11%
Spain
2.11%

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