Cooking with Flowers for The Chelsea Flower Show 21 May by Mecca Ibrahim One of the UK's biggest celebrations of all things floral starts this week: The Chelsea Flower Show. Did you know that there's a growing trend for eating flowers? Not just as a garnish but as the main part of the dish. The Chelsea Flower Show will include a number of edible exhibits & at Great British Chefs we take a look a some of our favourite ways of cooking with flowers including a wonderful dish of edible tulips by Pascal Aussignac of Club Gascon.
Marcus Wareing: Early Childhood Food Memories 22 April by Mecca Ibrahim Continuing our look at how the award winning chefs from Great British Chefs cook with their own children and their own favourite childhood food memories. Marcus Wareing uncovers his very early influences and how they reflect on some of the food he serves today.
Five Great British Chefs recommend their favourite chicken suppliers 13 December by Isaac Parham While we are quick to criticise chicken farmers who fall foul of rearing standards or do not live up to their ‘free-range’ status’, we rarely praise the ones that do. Five of our Great British Chefs take the opportunity.
Nostalgic recipes from The Gilbert Scott 26 July by Isaac Parham The dishes served at Marcus Wareing’s The Gilbert Scott are not only brilliant but offer a distinct taste of nostalgia. Now, for the first time, Great British Chefs offers the chance to recreate the famous Gilbert Scott recipes at home.
Great British Menu 2012 - Preview of Finals 04 June by Mecca Ibrahim For the last eight weeks in the seventh series of The Great British Menu we've watched twenty four of Great Britain's finest chefs battle it out. Now eight chefs including four chefs from Great British Chefs site are hoping they'll be repesenting their region to serve at an Olympic banquet at the end of the week. This week (starting 4th June 2012) we will finally get to see who will go through to cook at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
The Gilbert Scott: Brunch at the Bar 02 June by Chris Osburn Lazy brunches are the perfect way to get a weekend off to a great start. Great British Chefs blogger Chris Osburn recently visited Marcus Wareing's The Gilbert Scott to try their weekend and Bank Holiday brunch. With such a delicious menu he found it hard to choose what to eat ....
Great British Menu 2012 - North West Heat Preview 11 May by Mecca Ibrahim Week Five of the seventh series of The Great British Menu and it's the turn of the North West region. Over eight weeks, twenty four of the finest chefs in Great Britain including many chefs from Great British Chefs site are competing in regional heats for the opportunity to create a four course menu at an Olympic banquet, hosted by sporting legend Sir Steve Redgrave with a guest list of British sporting greats. This week (starting 7th May 2012) it's the turn of chefs from the North West .
10 Foodie ways to Celebrate Waitangi Day 03 February by Mecca Ibrahim New Zealand's Waitangi Day is coming up soon (6th February 2012) and Kiwis from around the world will be celebrating. If you're in London there's a number of things to do starting this weekend. Our friends over at Silver Fern Farms have provided a great list of 21 Things to do to celebrate Waitangi Day. At Great British Chefs we've picked out our food & drink related favourites & added a couple of our own.