by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 21, 2017 | Chefs
Simon Hulstone, chef proprietor at The Elephant, in Torquay, is an award-winning chef with a talent for using local, seasonal produce to create memorable flavours. Among some of his other accolades are the Craft Guild of Chefs’ National Chef of the Year 2008, the Roux...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 21, 2017 | Chefs
Chef Karl Bashford prides himself on producing honest, earthy food in his kitchen at 17th century The Anvil Inn, in Pimperne, Dorset. In the summer, he relies on the abundance of fresh fish from the local coastline such as lobsters, whole fish and shellfish. In the...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 21, 2017 | Chefs
Chef Shigeaki Takezoe came to Britain 30 years ago from Japan after meeting his wife Diana when she was teaching him English in a class in Tokyo. He learnt to cook in one of the oldest Japanese restaurants in the UK before the pair moved to Dorset to set up their own...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 21, 2017 | Chefs
Iain Pennington (Head Chef) ,Mark Cox (Head Gardener), Matthew Pennington (Head Chef) Iain and Matthew Pennington are the owners and chefs at award-winning restaurant, The Ethicurean, in Bristol. The restaurant, tucked away in a Victorian walled garden, offers views...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 21, 2017 | Chefs
Chef Gordon Jones, attributes his culinary success to his mother’s fresh approach to food and Scottish upbringing. The chef patron of Menu Gordon Jones, in Bath, says that as a child in Banffshire, money was tight and everyone grew vegetables and cooked everything...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 21, 2017 | Chefs
Chef Gareth Fulford comes from a family of butchers and has been working as a chef since his 16th birthday in numerous kitchens across the UK and going on to become one of Cheltenham’s top chefs at Purslane restaurant. Coming from a butcher background, it is perhaps...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 21, 2017 | Chefs
Natasha is the third generation growing garlic on the Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight. The farm sells home-grown garlic, garlic products and food in a specialist farm shop with restaurant. Garlic is in the blood for Natasha, whose Granny Norah planted cloves in her...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 21, 2017 | Chefs
Alex Bluett is resident chef at The Old Bookshop which serves tapas-style dishes in a quirky, vintage café-bar with a relaxed atmosphere. He works with small, local and ethical suppliers such as Grow Bristol, Homewood Cheese & Powells of Olvelston to create a...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 20, 2017 | Chefs
Paul Ainsworth has grown to become one of television’s best-loved chefs due to his kind and supportive nature. Stints as guest chef on MasterChef 2017 and appearances on Saturday Kitchen have proved that not all Michelin-starred chefs are hot-headed in the kitchen....
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 20, 2017 | Chefs
Somerset born Chef Jon Howe and his wife and Restaurant Manager Helen opened Lumière Restaurant in 2009, located just steps from Cheltenham’s famous tree lined Promenade, as the restaurant which they would love to go to. The irony that Lumière is now the...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 20, 2017 | Chefs
Darrin Hosegrove is chef director of the Ashburton Cookery School and Chef’s Academy, in Devon. After studying at Exeter College, Darrin began his career at Gidleigh Park Hotel working under the guidance of Michelin-starred chef Shaun Hill. He has worked in many...
by Gourmet Experiences | Apr 20, 2017 | Chefs
Geraldine (Geri) Gay is head chef at gourmet hotel restaurant Bridge House, in Beaminster, Dorset. The talented chef who hails from Hertfordshire has risen from the hotel’s sous chef and has long been a key player in the development of the menu, with her creative...
