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What gets you a Michelin star?
My wife and I have just returned after a foodie long weekend. It was our gift to one another for our wedding anniversary, and after toying with the idea of a European city break, we decided to do a local restaurant tour and ended up eating and staying at three different Michelin starred restaurants. Don’t […]
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The Power of the Celebrity Chef: Fish
It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that Channel 4 are running a series of programmes on fish, more specifically fish stocks. It is an admirable campaign which I passionately agree with, but what’s struck me is how quickly it has had an affect. There have been a number of high-profile campaigns by celebrity chefs (interestingly […]
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Comer en Menorca
I have just got back from a great break in Menorca. The sun, relaxation and lack of work were great – as of course was the food and drink. Staying with my cousins who know Menorca and meeting their friends, we were able to make the most of their culinary knowledge. We had serious amounts […]
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The River Café, New York
As my birthday present from K whilst in NYC, we went to the River Café, underneath Brooklyn Bridge looking out across the water to the New York skyline. The food and company were really great, but what I loved about it was the atmosphere and how accommodating they were. Given that this is fine dining […]
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Henry Herbert
I’ve said it before, and no doubt I’ll say it again: I really like BBC’s Great British Menu. A large part of that is because it showcases some great chefs that aren’t celebrities and you probably won’t have heard of heard of. And this week’s South West heat included Henry Herbert, a 22 year old, […]
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Round-up of Food on TV This Week
A few days late, but here’s my round-up of last week’s food on TV. On Saturday Kitchen (17th April), James Martin was joined by chefs Adam Byatt and John Campbell. Adam’s dish of rosemary-roasted monkfish with nutty couscous and asparagus sounded great and of course seasonal. Washed down with Susie Barrie’s recommended wine, La Basca Verdejo […]
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Round-up of Food on TV This Week
Saturday Kitchen had chefs Shaun Rankin and Nigel Haworth – James Martin’s rump of lamb looked amazing (but then I love lamb), and Nigel’s paring of duck with mead was inspiring (I have to try something with that flavour combination!) Great British Menu this year has a slightly different format – I’m not so keen […]
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Eating Out: The Foxhunter
Yesterday we made the trip over the bridge in to South Wales to eat at the Foxhunter in the small village of Nantyderry near to Abergavenny. It is run by chef Matt Tebbutt (who you may know from the TV shows Market Kitchen, Great British Menu and guest presenter of Saturday Kitchen). The Foxhunter is […]
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Heston’s at it again
Just watched Heston Blumenthal’s Chocolate Factory Feast on Channel 4 – as ever, absolutely amazing, though completely mad! Lickable wallpaper, chocolate waterfall that separates as it flows, and my favourite, duck a l’orange turned in to confectionary (including a chocolate orange made predominantly of duck!) I can imagine the layered mushroom dish would taste brilliant […]
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Great British Menu starts tonight!
The new series of Great British Menu starts tonight. I love this show – really interesting to see regional ingredients and some top-class cooking, but also a chance to see some very good chefs who aren’t all celebrities yet. We’ve been to a few places off the back of it – check them out before […]