Johnnie Mountain, TV Chefs & Twitter.
Yet again there was a bun fight on Twitter this week; it’s an oh too regular occurrence these days & you’ll be glad to hear, I wasn’t involved at all. But those who did participated were: Gizzi Erskine; Sophie Michell; Johnnie Mountain & Rebecca Marshman amongst others. Sophie, Johnnie & Rebecca all filmed a BBC … Read more
Top 10 most followed UK restaurant critics on Twitter 2012
Restaurant critics on Twitter I was reading back through some of my old posts recently and one that regularly gets attention is ‘The restaurant critics on Twitter’ post from May 2011. So as a light hearted post while I’m researching more heavy duty projects, I thought I’d revisit it. In the past twelve months social … Read more
2011, A year in review
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 I now have full control … Read more
Seasonal Produce ~ December
So the final seasonal produce list for 2011. The chefs on the social networks have been busy with menus on the run up to Christmas, so it’s always worth following the blog on either Twitter or Facebook as I try to spread the food porn message. So here it is seasonal produce for December, with … Read more
British Food Fortnight: Fish & Chips
So it’s a Friday & it’s British food fortnight, so what would be more apt than the classic Fish and Chips. Obviously the choice of ingredients are key to this dish more technique really. With the ethical sourcing of produce being paramount these days, in particular fish with Hugh Fearnly Whittingstall waging his war against … Read more
Words of Advice ~ Trevor Blyth
This post in the series of ‘5Questions‘ comes from an English chef strutting his stuff in Japan. Trevor Blyth rose to prominence in 1996 by winning the prestigious Roux Scholarship. Rather me rattle on about the competition maybe watch the short film from the Scholarship’s own channel on YouTube: Originally hailing from Norwich, Mr Blyth … Read more
Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb….
Following on from the success of the British Onion post last month, we’ve decided to continue the format of giving you a selection of recipes from professional kitchens featuring one particular piece of produce. At the moment in the UK it is the height of the forced rhubarb season with arguably the best examples coming … Read more
The Unsavoury Truth About Catering, from Jamie Oliver
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