Out & About ~ The Royal Clarence, Abode Exeter, Devon
The Royal Clarence in Exeter was Micheal Caines’ first excursion into the mid hotel market; now of course there is the whole Abode brand reaching from Glasgow to Canterbury & Exeter, with Chelsea and Manchester in between. It’s been a tough lesson for the two Michelin starred chef, as this area of hotels is a … Read more
Qualifications aren’t everything in catering
This week saw the release of GCSE & A Level results, and after reading a heartfelt post on another blog it got me thinking. Catering was once the last refuse of the less academically gifted & where career advisors would often recommend school leavers to go if they couldn’t do anything else. Many often found … Read more
“It’s all for Charidy ~ Mate!”
As many readers of the Chef Hermes blog will know we’re on the two major social networking sites, FaceBook & Twitter , and so to this end we thought we would use our contacts for a worthwhile charity. We were approached by a local teacher, who wanted to know if we could contribute some prizes … Read more
