Here is the Michelin press release (click icon for the download PDF)
Michelin 2019: Predictions (Updated)
Monday will see the release of the Michelin guide to UK & Eire 2019 at an IMAX cinema in Waterloo, London. The past 12-18months has seen quite a few developments which will have surely caught the inspeactor's eye; new openigs too late for the 2018 guide & those with pedigrees settling into their stride. That said,…Read more Michelin 2019: Predictions (Updated)
#Foodporn: Gidleigh Park
This is a recent meal at Gidleigh Park, Devon with former Nathan Outlaw Head chef Chris Simpson, now at the helm. We visited on a Sunday lunch, where there is a four choice menu available at £65 per person. A big thank you to all the team at Gidleigh Park for wonderful meal & thoughtful…Read more #Foodporn: Gidleigh Park
GDPR – Are we there yet?
So by now, you’ve probably had your fill of emails from various websites emailing you, nay pleading with you, to stay on their mailing lists. For those that have been living under a rock for past 6 months GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 to give it its full title, came into…Read more GDPR – Are we there yet?
How the AA became a spent force with their guides.
I was first introduced to the AA restaurant guide as a young commis chef working in my first ‘fine dining’ kitchen. It was a culture shock to the system but I decided that this was the path for me. I was fortunate to work under a great chef who’d had two Michelin stars previously at…Read more How the AA became a spent force with their guides.
Channel4 – Dispatches. Too close to the truth for the industry?
Yet another piece of investigative journalism beating the Hospitality sector was aired on Channel 4 last night. It outlined the shady practices that are allegedly happening in one particular Premier Inn. Staff being told to report early for unpaid meetings or do their preparation in their own time, an unreasonable time quota set per workload…Read more Channel4 – Dispatches. Too close to the truth for the industry?
Think you know your spices?
This was the very question posed to me quite recently by Richard Davies, Executive chef at Calcot manor near Tetbury. And to be honest it’s something that I hadn’t really paid much attention to, because let’s face it, a peppercorn is a peppercorn right? Well no, actually it isn’t and to my shame I, like…Read more Think you know your spices?
