Out & About ~ Gidleigh Park, Devon
There are many questions I get asked about Michelin rated & higher end food; but one that crops up on a regular basis is people enquiring about Gidleigh Park. My reply is always the same. Gidleigh Park is one of the very few places where you can go and be made to feel special, irrelevant … Read more
Out & about: Launch of Newport Food Festival 2012
Often I’m working away on site when there are launch parties & get togethers that I’d like to attend, not out of some grandiose level of self importance, but because it’s always good to promote a product or event based on the information I have rather than something that a PR firm is trying to … Read more
Out & About ~ River Cottage Canteen, Axminster
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall burst on to our TV screens in 1996 with ‘A Cook on the Wild Side’ which soon earned him the name Hugh Fearlessly-Eatsitall, after eating road kill & human placenta. In 1998 a brand was born with the first of many programmes featuring River Cottage. The original River Cottage is a former game-keeper’s … Read more
Out & About ~ Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
Next stop on the road trip after L’Enclume was Edinburgh. For those of you that follow the blog on either of the two main social networking sites (Twitter & Facebook), you may recall me asking for your opinion on where to dine. I liked the look of Tom Kitchen’s food and the interior shots I’d … Read more
Out & About – Drake’s at the Clock House, Surrey
Every now & then I get invites to various soirées, and as much as I’d like to attend them all, sometimes it’s just not possible. So when the invite from Drake’s at the Clock House dropped into my inbox, I was pleasantly surprised. It was to announce that Drake’s at the Clock House were re-opening … Read more
Out & About: L’Enclume, Cumbria
For sometime now I’ve been based in the South West which means trips to places like Cartmel in Cumbria & L’enclume were always going to be somewhat of a one off. Nevertheless the decision was taken to do a road trip rather than go away this half term. L’Enclume has received more than its fair … Read more
Out & About: Cookery demo from Chris Horridge at Angelique
This is the first in what will be a new category of posts called ‘Out & About’. The aim of these posts is to bring events that I’ve visited, to you the readers. First up is a cookery demonstration given by Chris Horridge at 10in8′s Dartmouth outpost, Angelique. 10in8 is a collection of award winning … Read more
Cheaper Eats ~ The Walnut Tree, Wales
As many of you will know who follow our little blog, we did a ’5 Questions ~ The Legends’ post with a Mr Shaun Hill on the 26th July. Mr Hill broke the mould for ‘The Legends’ series as he is still cooking on a daily basis at The Walnut Tree . After going through … Read more
