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weekend edition — The main big news from the world of Hospitality, is that legendary hotelier Phillip Newman-Hall has retired. Formerly Raymond Blanc’s right hand man & general keeper of Le Manoir aux quat’ saison, Newman-Hall has now embarked on what looks like semi-retirement rather than the full blown thing, want to wish […]

The Weekend Edition

4 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations tagged Gordon Ramsay / Marcus Wareing / Movie / MPW / YouTube by chefhermes

opinion — Quite recently, the BBC launched the applications for Masterchef: The Professionals and this week saw the final of Masterchef for amateurs. It got me thinking, is the catering industry attempting to go down the same road as pop music, or Simon Cowell’s version of it? Is it trying to discover […]

Are reality shows the future for discovering new talent?

18 Mar, 2012 in Culinary life observations / Humour tagged Gregg Wallace / John Torode / Masterchef / Matt Follas / YouTube by chefhermes

opinion — 2011 was a landmark year for Chefhermes.com, it’s the first full twelve month period that the blog has been going and after a long hiatus I finally moved to hosting. As with most things IT related there are the usual hiccups but nothing major. The advantage of this is that […]

2011, A year in review

6 Jan, 2012 in Culinary life observations tagged Caterersearch / Chef Hermes / Facebook / Gordon Ramsay / Jason Atherton / Jay Rayner / John Campbell / Michelin / Twitter / YouTube by chefhermes

SD - Drakes clock — 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 […]

Out & About – Drake’s at the Clock House, Surrey

9 Nov, 2011 in Out & About tagged AA Rosettes / Iced parfait / Michelin / Rosettes / Roux / Seasonal produce / Twitter / YouTube by chefhermes

JM Mug Shot — With the blog rapidly approaching it’s first birthday we’ve had a bit of a rethink as to how we structure the posts and their content. First up for review was the chef’s ‘5Questions’. In the past they have come from chefs who are predominantly Michelin starred. There have been exceptions […]

Words of Advice ~ Johnnie Mountain

4 Feb, 2011 in 5 Questions tagged Blumenthal / Fat Duck / Gastro pub / Great British Menu / Heston / Michelin / Seasonal produce / Twitter / YouTube by chefhermes

Andrew Turner — The timing for this post of ‘5Questions’ couldn’t be better really. Friday was the official first day of ‘Roux at the Landau‘, a restaurant Andrew Turner used to over see as Executive chef at The Langham Hotel in London. Now at Wiltons Restaurant, Mr Turner first really came to the […]

Words of Advice ~ Andrew Turner

29 Nov, 2010 in 5 Questions tagged AA Rosettes / Andrew Turner / Desserts / Landau / London / Michelin / Recipes / Restaurants / Rosettes / Roux / The Langham / YouTube by chefhermes

Mussels — Sorry for the delay in posting this month’s produce list, obviously we listen to you, our readers. It is becoming apparent that whilst you like the ‘Seasonal Produce’ list, a number of you like to print it off. So no worries we’ll be able to supply you with a PDF […]

Seasonal produce – October

6 Oct, 2010 in Seasonal Produce tagged AA Rosettes / Desserts / Michelin / Recipes / Seasonal produce / YouTube by chefhermes

Business cards & contacts — After our recent leak of a certain guide, we came into contact with a number of journalists. Some felt that it was bad form for us to publish what we did and others felt that it was fair game. After all, if some of the journos had been presented with […]

Blogging & Journalism, can they go hand in hand?

26 Aug, 2010 in Culinary life observations tagged AA Rosettes / Jay Rayner / Journalists / Marina O'Loughlin / Matthew Fort / Michelin / Seasonal produce / YouTube by chefhermes

opinion — In this age of celebrity is it right for dining establishments to cash in on their famous patrons ? Some establishments are known to be regular haunts of celebrities, Nobu (incidentally in the same hotel as The Met Bar), Babbington House, The Ivy, The Embassy Club to name a few. […]

PR over integrity ?!?

27 May, 2010 in Culinary life observations tagged Advertising / Facebook / PR / PR Agencies / Social Networking / Twitter / YouTube by chefhermes