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Lady Bamford’s new pub. The worst kept secret in Gloucestershire?

Posted by chefhermes on August 19, 2012 · Comments Off

As has been the way in recent years, if you wanted to get on the restaurant property ladder you bought a pub. The great thing about pubs is that they come in all shapes & sizes, and can often co-exist in a village with other pubs quite happily. There are food led pubs, almost bordering … Read more

Filed under Culinary life observations, Header Image · Tagged with Gastro pub, Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal, Michelin, Roux, Tom Aikens

Putting a Chef’s Life into Perspective for The Daily Mail

Posted by chefhermes on August 14, 2011 · 3 Comments

The day after the ‘Glorious 12th‘ is usually a humdrum kind of day. The race to be the first to cook & serve the new seasons Grouse has faded and now it’s just another dish to do the mise en place for. Except on August 13th this year The Daily Mail published a story, I … Read more

Filed under Culinary life observations, Header Image · Tagged with Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal, Michelin, MPW, Tom Aikens

The Unsavoury Truth About Catering, from Jamie Oliver

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

Filed under Culinary life observations, Header Image · Tagged with AA Rosettes, Blumenthal, Dominic Chapman, Facebook, Ferran Adria, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Michelin, Tom Aikens, TSC, Twitter, Wylie Dufresne

Our Review of 2010 & the landmark 100th post.

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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Chefs & their blogs

Posted by chefhermes on November 5, 2010 · 6 Comments

In an age where it is easier than ever to spread your message it seems that all & sundry are on the internet in one form or another. Whether it’s social networking in the form of Twitter, FaceBook or Linkdin, websites or blogs, chefs seem to have cottoned on to the fact that for very … Read more

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Words of Advice ~ Aiden Byrne

Posted by chefhermes on October 15, 2010 · 6 Comments

This post in our series of ’5 Questions’ comes from the person who is still reputedly still the youngest person to be awarded a Michelin star. Many years have past by and Mr Byrne has since worked in many profiled kitchens, Peacock Alley, Danesfield House, Pied a Terre, Tom Aikens & The Grill at The … Read more

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Yet another leaked guide book, Good Food Guide 2011

Posted by chefhermes on August 10, 2010 · 1 Comment

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

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Words of Advice, The Legends ~ Richard Neat

Posted by chefhermes on July 12, 2010 · 9 Comments

Following on from our ‘Words of Advice’ series with current crop of talented chefs such as Micheal Wignal, Nathan Outlaw, Shaun Rankin, Wylie Dufresne and latterly Tom Aikens. Our next chef used to be Tom Aikins’s Head Chef. Richard Neat came to the attention of the catering media as Head Chef of ‘Pied a … Read more

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Words of Advice from ~ Tom Aikens

Posted by chefhermes on May 19, 2010 · 1 Comment

So we are nearing the mid way point in our series of ’5 Questions’ and we have to say a big thank you to all involved and to everybody that has read them. Hopefully they will help some chefs with their choice of career direction. Tom Aikens describes himself on Twitter as A crazy passionate … Read more

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