The Life and Lessons of a Reluctant Chef
Vegetarians and vegans are often the much-maligned forces that harass the conscious, well-being, patience and knowledge of a chef and in retribution for their malignance, the vegetarian option is the necessary footnote to a menu - given little thought or care, it must merely exist. There is a reason why risotto features so heavily as [...]
It is no surprise that chefs are on a high car insurance premium; we all drive a little too fast, a little too aggressively, all a little too desperate to get home during our split shift, hoping against hope not to hit traffic so we can spend a few precious extra minutes at home before [...]
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from to pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” George Orwell, Animal Farm, 1945 Winston Churchill once said something about dogs looking up to us, cats looking down on us, but pigs treat us [...]
The chicken has become the most politicised animal on earth. This is in no part down to just how many mouths there are to feed. Just think that in the eighteenth century the population of Britain almost doubled from 8.5 million to 16.5 million. Today there are a hell of a lot more of us [...]
I recently found myself in strange territory for a chef - I had Friday off. To celebrate this rare occasion I decided to treat myself to something more than the fish finger sandwiches and cheese-on-toast that my working hours usually only prohibit me to having. In keeping with my restaurant roots I decided to celebrate with [...]
“Flavour. If we can’t make soup, then what can we do? Fuck vegetarians. Do they wear leather shoes?” That’s the executive chefs answer to my asking why we use chicken stock in our soups which have long been a staple vegetarian starter on nearly all restaurant menus. I can’t answer the question as to whether [...]
