AA Rosettes 2013/14: The rumours, gossip & predictions

Posted by Chef Hermes on September 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

So, this year both AA and Michelin release their guides in the same week, and how the tide has turned. Michelin is viewed by chefs as the benchmark to achieve, but realistically they knew it would be easier to attain 3 Rosettes (the top 10% in the AA guide). Many people ask if there is … Read more

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A Review of the AA 2013 Restaurant Awards

Posted by Chef Hermes on September 25, 2012 · 4 Comments 

2013 New AA rosettes Now includes January 2013 update at the foot of the post And so with the passing of the Good Food Guide awards earlier this month, the AA awards dinner was next in line. In truth the AA rosettes have some what lost their shine over a number of years as the … Read more

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Latest additions to the 2012 AA Guide.

Posted by Chef Hermes on January 17, 2012 · 7 Comments 

Here are the latest additions to the 2012 AA Restaurant Guide. Why we now have to go through this ritual is quite frankly beyond me, but we do. As I’ve pointed out in a previous post, the irony of the AA dishing out awards twice in a year when possibly only inspecting some establishments once … Read more

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Out & About: L’Enclume, Cumbria

Posted by Chef Hermes on November 4, 2011 · 7 Comments 

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

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A Review of the AA 2012 Restaurant Awards

Posted by Chef Hermes on September 28, 2011 · 6 Comments 

Monday night saw the AA 2012 awards dinner at the Hilton Park Lane, London. Unlike recent years there has been a distinct lack of excitement  or speculation on behalf of chefs. Foodies don’t really seem to share  the same passion of the Villeroy & Boch plates that bear the AA’s symbol of dining excellence, the … Read more

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British Onions & what to do with them.

Posted by Chef Hermes on January 25, 2011 · 5 Comments 

This post started out in life as a quick recipe about onion gravy after receiving an email from Phipps PR. As one of the aims of the Chef Hermes blog is to share restaurant proved recipes with our readership, we thought ‘Yeah, not a problem’. Then as the days passed by, whilst our notes were … Read more

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Egon Ronay 1915~2010

Posted by Chef Hermes on June 12, 2010 · Comments Off 

It is great sadness that The Chef Hermes blog has learned that the trail blazing food critic and guide book author Egon Ronay has passed away. Mr Ronay came to England in October 1946, from his native Hungary and through his fathers contacts he managed and ran several restaurants in central London, culminating in a … Read more

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