Culinary life observations

Header — After a weeks hiatus due to a break in Bruges (more on that later), I’m back. In a week that saw hacktivist group take to the streets in 670 cities globally for Million Mask March (#MMM2015), & friend of the site Mark Poynton got married (big congrats to you both […]

The Weekend Edition

8 Nov, 2015 in Culinary life observations by chefhermes

Header — In the week that saw the clocks go back (well in the UK at least), the sugar tax has been raging & I’ve been read all about this, on social media: Tales from the Inbox OFM Best restaurant runner up, Restaurant Mark Greenaway sent me their latest market menu. And […]

The Weekend Edition

25 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations by chefhermes

Opinion header 2015 — This week has seen the pressure mount on the Government to address the growing obesity problem in the UK. At the front of this cavalry charge is celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, calling for a sugar tax. He’s been to Parliament, spoken to the health select committee at the House of […]

Let’s not sugar tax coat it

23 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations tagged Big Food / Jamie Oliver / Twitter by chefhermes

w/e header 2015 — This week I’ve been mainly reading this, for The Weekend Edition: Stories from the Inbox Sophie from Neil Reading PR emailed to let me know about Des McDonald’s place, Forest Restaurant & Cabin Bar, which opens on 21st October on the roof of Selfridges. Inspired by an autumnal woodland, Forest […]

The Weekend Edition

18 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations by chefhermes

Opinion header 2015 — Oh yes, it’s that time of year again when the Michelin naysayers come out to play. I’ve written on this subject in the past, it actually feels like an annual event. But after a conversation with Irish restaurant critic Tom Doorley on Twitter, it seems we must re-visit it again. […]

Restaurant critics & Restaurant guides, the differences.

12 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations / Rant tagged Bernard Loiseau / Jay Rayner / Michelin / The Fat Duck / Tom Doorley / William Sitwell by chefhermes

w/e header 2015 — So one of the big news stories this week in Hospitality is that Micheal Caines is leaving Gidleigh Park after 21 years, something this site reported back in May. This week also saw the AA get happy with the rosettes, along with anointing Daniel Clifford Chef’s Chef of the Year. […]

The Weekend Edition

11 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations by chefhermes

Opinion header 2015 — I’ve been lying awake since 4am, mulling over how to write this post. It’s not often things irritate me enough that my sleep is interrupted, but this has. Whether the industry likes it or not, ‘The Caterer‘ is the go to source of reference about the Hospitality sector etc. It […]

RANT: The Caterer

7 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations by chefhermes

AA 2016 — There are a number of reasons why a restaurant maybe demoted or deleted in a restaurant guide. Closure, change of chef or just general uncertainty, can all make the guides a bit twitchy. In the AA 2016 Restaurant guide there appear to 18 deletions from the top 10%, that I’ve […]

Guides: AA 2016 – The demotions, suspensions & deletions

6 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations by chefhermes

AA rosettes — The AA 2016 Restaurant Guide. And so to the final major guide to be launched this year, The AA 2016 Restaurant Guide. The AA are the only major guide which hold an annual event, which usually coincides with the Restaurant show, hence the reason if you’re on Twitter, you’ll see […]

Guides: AA 2016 ~ The results

5 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations by chefhermes