The Paris-Brest was invented in 1910 by a pastry chef called Louis Durand, to honour the Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race. Its design...

There's chocolate... and there's chocolate. I'm not sure if my two younger daughters remember, as they would have been under five, but on...

My chef training was very traditional. We had just one recipe book at College: Auguste Escoffier's Le Guide Culinaire. I learnt the...

Sorting through old photos, I found this old publicity shot of me. I'm not quite sure when and where was taken, although I think it was...

The Voting Tree in Bere Alston, or as we call it 'The VT', has been our semi-permanent home for our pop-up events and private parties for...

Back in the early 1990s and with nearly a decade's post-college experience behind me, I nearly bought the Singing Kettle in Settle, North...

After having quite a few rants, I am now doing something a little more concrete about our local food sourcing for our Suppers and Feasts.

After a long period of navel gazing, I have decided to pull out of the artichoke field at Bere Ferrers. Not enough demand and too much...

It's always a pleasant surprise when you have friends who you know for one thing are brilliant at something else. I've known Martin for...

The beginning of a New Year is a great time for reflection about what went well and what went not so well. Following the success of our...

Well, from drought in June to the wettest July - our artichokes have been through another tough season. We got off to a good start with...

If you have ordered our meals over the winter, then many thanks and we hope you have enjoyed them. It is part of our plan that our...

It is that time of year when I start buying seeds and reflect on whether I am achieving the equilibrium I want between work and...

Well, with scorching temperatures and a visit to the Bere Peninsula from a European Roller (a bird rarely seen this far north), I’ve...

Our recent trip to the Île de Ré off the south west coast of France first took us through Brittany and fields and fields of artichokes....

So, just a month since I last wrote. The good news is that we have land for the artichokes on the Bere Peninsula - which certainly...

So it begins... with de la Torre's, I was always running to catch up! Now with a slightly gentler pace of life befitting an old chef and...