Posted by chefhermes on May 1, 2012 · 14 Comments
So it’s that time of year again & the Worlds 50 Best Restaurant list has been release. After starting the day watching tweets of the many being over hyped because they were having breakfast with Ferran Adria amongst others. The former 3Michelin starred chef & record winner of the 50 Best Restaurant was in … Read more
Posted by chefhermes on July 31, 2011 · Comments Off
Saturday 30th July will go down in culinary history, ordinarily just a weekend in mid summer. But this Saturday was different. It was the final ever service at the iconic gastronomic destination, El Bulli. For over 20+ years Ferran Adria has presided over the stoves at the foodie Mecca, initiating the movement that is known … Read more
Posted by chefhermes on February 17, 2011 · 3 Comments
Outrage erupted on various social networking sites this week after Jamie Oliver did an interview for The Observer newspaper to promote his new television programme. The quote which seems to have caused the most offence is probably a hard truth for the catering industry to accept, let alone swallow. Below are the sections unedited taken … Read more
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Posted by chefhermes 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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Posted by chefhermes on January 12, 2011 · 6 Comments
Well, here it is, our 100th post on the Chef Hermes blog. After spotting a niche in the blogosphere on the 21st February 2010 the first post emerged. To say that month’s figures were disappointing is a mild understatement, at the end of the month the blog had just 30 page views (not including us … Read more
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Posted by chefhermes on November 15, 2010 · 5 Comments
Yes, the title reads right, the former Maze chef Jason Atherton shares his words of advice with our readers. Although Mr Atherton needs no introduction, we’re going to do one anyway. Amongst his many claims to fame Mr Atherton was the first British chef to stage at the famed El Bulli restaurant, where it is … Read more
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Posted by chefhermes on April 28, 2010 · 4 Comments
So after we post our leak on the TableTalk forum, we received an incredible amount of interest in our little blog. Many thanks to all of you that took the time, it’s very flattering. Back to the subject in hand, as we said at the time we’d already done 2 posts on the Friday when our source … Read more
Posted by chefhermes on March 5, 2010 · 1 Comment
Over the past 18 Months or so there has a small ripple of concern about so called ‘Molecular Gastromony’. Whilst the like’s of Adria, Blumenthal, Keller & McGee release a ‘Chefs Statement’ in Aug 2008, which is still on the Fat Duck website , the ripple of concern about the chemicals that they & their … Read more
