Strictly Fine Dining :

I got a bone to pick with you..........

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Pardon the pun, but i couldn't help it. This is a random shot of a garnish for a beef dish that was being prepared the other weekend. I paired it as a duo. The bone has been completely cleaned out and hollowed. There is saute spinach in the[...]

Kicking off

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December is here and the streets are hustling and bustling full of shoppers trying to buy that special gift for their loved ones.........................Did that in November!! Heres some plates...[...]

French onion soup??

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To recreate a classic bistro dish and give it a little VIP treatment for 2010,you need to re-think the elements and refine them a little. Heres my cheeky French Onion soup. Roasted onion consomme, Waterloo cheese tortellini, crisp bread

Crisp potato galette, roasted vegetables, Eldren cheese, pesto cream, balsamic

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Here is a vegetarian dish i have recently designed for the bistro menu. It is an easy pick up for that service demand and is also very tasty and hits the mark for a non meat eater as it is non of the usual suspect dishes that you find everywhere[...]

Some recent plates

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Hi, Here are some pictures of dishes from the past couple of weeks. Warm cranberry and goats cheese sphere with crisp ham Wild[...]

Bursting with flavour

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Here is a dish recently from a du jour menu when i was covering in the restaurant. It is a fun cool, colourul presentation with a twist. The vinaigrette is inside the orb! I saw this dressing idea a while ago(although i cant remember where),[...]

Selling like hock cakes!!

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Here are a couple of dishes iv'e done recently. The dish above is a buttermilk and thyme poached torchon of organic Hyden farm chicken (63C for 35 mins). It is glazed with a foie gras butter. There is a[...]

Finding the time

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Hi all, My time as restaurant chef has ended. My replacement started this week. Welcome Matt and Cinthia from New York!! Here's a couple of dishes i managed to squeeze in. Roasted loin and confit belly of pork, multiple[...]

Summer time

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Hi guys, I dont know about you, but i have been enjoying the world cup and the start of Wimbledon. Summer is here and fortunately so is the sun in England at the moment. Everyone is running around sunburnt, but happy! Here are a couple of dishes[...]

New dishes up

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Strawberry jam consomme wild strawberry salad, garden mint ice cream Trio of organic chicken breast sous vide with apricot bread stuffing, leg wrapped in cepe pasta, chicken Holstein Spring vegetable salad, creamed Eldren cow[...]