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New Executive Chef for exclusive Sandy Lane resort

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Hot off the press this morning, Chef Hermes has received word that there has been a high profile appointment at the exclusive Sandy Lane resort. The former Executive Chef and Culinary Director Conny Andersson has lasted less than a year after his[...]

Words of Advice, The Legends ~ Paul Heathcote, MBE

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Our latest chef in our series of  ’5Questions~The Legends’ is Paul Heathcote. Mr Heathcote trained at the Connaught & Le Manoir Aux Quat Saison, before heading back to his roots in the North West. He then open ‘ Paul[...]

Yet another leaked guide book, Good Food Guide 2011

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This post has been removed. . . The Chef Hermes blog would like to apologise unreservedly to Which? Publications. In the blog publishing a leak of the Good Food Guide 2011, we didn’t realise it would have caused such offence.[...]

Raymond?s Blanc page

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There has been a lack of posts on here recently, as you’ve probably noticed (due to some holidays mainly). The other reason is our first ever food and drink magazine in printed form. Like its online cousin, which has been going for a while[...]

Raymond Blanc Kitchen Secrets

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I don't normally review TV progs here, but I just watched the first instalment of Raymond Blanc's new cooking series and thought it was excellent, and not just because it was all about chocolate. So many cooking shows are aimed at evincing a change[...]

Recipe ~ Lentil & Foie gras soup

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Just a quick recipe while we wait for some of our legends to reply to us (clearly they are still busy people, but it should be worth the wait). So this is one of our favorite soups, enjoy. Lentil & Foie gras Soup 1kg Puy Lentils 3 ½ L[...]

Words of Advice, The Legends ~ Richard Neat

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Following on from our ‘Words of Advice’ series with current crop of talented chefs such as Micheal Wignal, Nathan Outlaw, Shaun Rankin, Wylie Dufresne and latterly Tom Aikens. Our next chef used to be Tom Aikins’s Head Chef.[...]