Boiling Point: 15 Years on … Part 1 14 May by Isaac Parham In the first part of this blog series marking 15 years since the filming of Boiling Point, Isaac Parham speaks to some of the people involved and assesses to what the degree the industry has changed since.
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.
Rock Oyster Festival Recap 27 June by Monica Shaw Last weekend was the Rock Oyster Festival (22nd - 24th June 2012), a food, music and arts festival held on the banks of Cornwall's Camel estuary, well-known for its oysters that are of such a quality, even our own Great British Chefs' Nathan Outlaw uses them in his two Michelin star restaurant nearby. Monica Shaw reports on the festival, with unsuprisingly a bigger focus on food.
Great British Menu 2012 - South West Heat Finals 02 June by Monica Shaw Friday 1st June 2012 saw the end of possibly one of the best weeks of Great British Menu. In the South West round all three competitors Simon Hulstone, Paul Ainsworth and Nathan Outlaw showed British cooking at its best. However, only one chef could go through. Great British Chefs blogger Monica Shaw was on hand to see who that would be
Great British Menu 2012 - South West Heat Preview 27 May by Mecca Ibrahim Week Eight of the seventh series of The Great British Menu and the last of the regional heats ends with the South West. Over these eight weeks, twenty four of Great Britain's finest chefs 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 28th May 2012) chefs from the South West will be competing to create the final banquet.