Starter of soup, fish second, fruit compote finally for Anne's husband perhaps (11)
I believe the answer is:
shakespeare
'anne's husband perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'starter of soup fish second fruit compote finally' is the wordplay.
'starter of' suggests taking the first letters.
'fish second' becomes 'hakes' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
'finally' says to take the final letters.
The first letter of 'soup' is 's'.
The last letter of 'compote' is 'e'.
's'+'hakes'+'pear'+'e'='SHAKESPEARE'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shakespeare that I've seen before include "Playwright and poet, author of 154 sonnets" , "English poet" , "The Swan of Avon" , "The Bard of Avon" , "Man of note" .)