Max Halley is the owner of the restaurant that changed the sandwich: Max’s Sandwich Shop. His sandwiches have been on the cover of Esquire, Time Out, ShortList and the front page of The Observer. Max is the resident sandwich and condiment expert on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, and has also appeared as a guest chef on ITV’s This Morning. Most recently, Max was the special guest judge and ‘sandwich king’ during Celebrity MasterChef’s sandwich challenge.

Max’s first cookbook, Max's Sandwich Book, was a Sunday Times Bestseller. He writes regularly for the Evening Standard and has also contributed to the Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Observer, Vice and The Independent, among others. His latest book, Max’s Picnic Book, was published in 2021.