Spread the loveA regular sight as you drive along country roads are the never ending fields of yellow, mostly rape seed, planted for EU subsidies and oil. Look closer and these fields might be planted with mustardinstead as they look very similar, the same yellow flowers. The difference is that you don’t get that musty…
Spread the loveRecently, we had the pleasure of private chef David Gillot jointly hosting this edition of the London Cooking Club with a Best of British Menu. Being early Summer, he created a fab menu using the most of seasonal produce. It is not usual that the chef or cook book author turns up for…
Spread the loveRoyal Wedding Fever is taking hold. Tate and Lyle is hosting Let Them Eat Cake Exhibition of Royal Wedding Cakes this weekend at the Wellington Arch. It showcases some beautiful cake designs by professionals and winners of their Facebook compeition. This cake was had very intricate work done in royal icing…
Spread the loveIf you drink bottled water, you need to watch this. I have to admit that I do regularly buy bottles of water when I am out and about and never think twice about it. I have friends who only drink the ridiculously expensive, air flown from around the world, Fiji Water and they…
Spread the loveThe IFE show at the Excel in London is a massive Food and Drink Trade Show. It’s a good place to spot new food producers, food trends and to meet fellow foodies. This a a brief summary of the producers that I thought were interesting and things that you must see at the…
Spread the loveI was watching Hugh’s Fish Fight and on it a couple of Greenpeace ladies went to Ghana to trace the origins of the tuna that they bought from Tesco. They followed code on the can to the fishery which ended with a fishing boat supplying that fishing boat. Two of the fisherman from…
Spread the loveThe Good Food Show is a massive showcase of food and drink producers held in the massive hangar at the NEC in Birmingham. The Masterchef Challenge was added to the show recently as a crowd puller and a way to further promote the Masterchef brand. Miele, the sponsors of the Masterchef Challenge invited…
Spread the loveI’ve never entered a cooking contest before and I unthinkingly agreed to participate in the Masterchef Challenge Invention Test at the BBC Good Food Show thinking it would be fun do a bit of cooking with the Masterchef guys in a fabulously well equipped Miele kitchen. I didn’t realise how ill prepared I…
Spread the loveThe London Restaurant Festival is in its second year and is running for 2 weeks from the 4th October. Restaurants in London are celebrating the festival by holding special events like dinner on the London Eye to having special menus. Two chefs who are doing something different are Jun Tanaka (of Pearl Restaurant)…