Sally Clarke’s dining room, on Notting Hill’s Kensington Church Street, is about as establishment as it gets. Ever since it opened in 1984, locals like Lucian Freud have relied on her white-tablecloth approach to eating well—baked Cornish brill and chocolate tarts are only a few of the shining examples of what happens when locally-sourced raw materials and technical prowess combine. Meanwhile, her shop just down the road churns out the irresistible chicken-and-leek pies that somehow make their way to the tables of London’s toniest dinner parties. Don’t worry—Clarke doesn’t care if she gets any credit for them. —Ashley Baker

Ashley Baker is a Deputy Editor at AIR MAIL and a co-host of the Morning Meeting podcast