Bob Carlos-Clarke: In the ’White Heat’ of battle

Born in Kinsale Co Cork, he became one of the most iconic photographers of his time. On the 25th anniversary of the publication of ’White Heat’, Suzanne Harrington examines the life of Bob Carlos-Clarke

It’s 25 years since the publication of a cookery book — yes, a cookery book — which changed the way we perceive chefs, kitchens and cooking, and which catapulted the idea of celebrity chef into being.

White Heat, featuring food writing by Marco Pierre White, the original macho maverick of the modern restaurant kitchen and then the youngest chef to have earned three Michelin stars, has been reissued as White Heat 25.