Showing how flawed Jonathan Meades was in the Daily Telegraph.
Towards the tail end of February, the former Times restaurant critic penned an article for the Daily Telegraph, entitled “Blinded by the Michelin stars in their eyes”. Having had plenty of experience with the impact of the little red book, I thought it might be worth a read. Maybe I, along with Mr Meades, shouldn’t … Read more
Words of Advice ~ Marc Wilkinson
This post’s participant in this series of ‘5Questions‘ is based in the North West of England. He has worked in such revered establishments as The Arkle at The Chester Grosvenor, Winteringham Fields, Midsummer House & Pennyhill Park. In April 2004 he made the leap of faith to open his own restaurant in Oxton, Merseyside called … Read more
Words of Advice ~ Dominic Chapman
So this week we’ve had a glut of responses to our calls for chefs to participate in our series of ’5questions’. One such respondent was Heston Blumenthal’s former Head Chef, Dominic Chapman. Now ploughing his trade just down the road from The Fat Duck empire at The Royal Oak, Paley Street near Maidenhead. Having a … Read more
Our view of the National Restaurant Awards
So as we near the end of the award season, last night was yet another excuse to get dressed up. The National Restaurant awards in London coincided with the Restaurant show. So having had the list for a little while now, it begs some of the same questions as when all these sort of award … Read more
Our view of the latest AA rosette awards
Yes it’s that time of year again where the great and the good of the catering industry gather for their annual awards from the AA. The dinner was held at the Hilton Park Lane in London with 5 rosette chef Marcus Wareing supplying dinner to the 700 guests consisting of Carpaccio of Beef, Halibut with … Read more
Foodie Crossword
Just for a change we thought we’d put together a cheeky little competition. Unfortunately it’s just for fun, so there are no prizes sadly. A downloadable version is available from our server: Crossword Enjoy
Yet another leaked guide book, Good Food Guide 2011
This post has been removed. . . The Chef Hermes blog would like to apologise unreservedly to Which? Publications. In the blog publishing a leak of the Good Food Guide 2011, we didn’t realise it would have caused such offence. The Blog has removed all prepublication & copyright material from the site and again would … Read more
Recipe ~ Tomato & Basil Consomme
Again we’ve been a touch busy, so here is our recipe for Tomato & Basil consomme, well actually the base of it is Gordon Ramsay’s which we’ve tweeked. Then after watching the culinary alchemist that is Heston Blumenthal, we realised that the recipe could be improved by applying some of Mr Blumenthal’s thinking. We’ve added … Read more
