There’s always a challenge when the weather is glorious and I have a booking in the restaurant. Walking into Gloucester Studio and being greeted by a crackling fire is an important part of any..

Yesterday I ran my first Advanced Fire Cooking course and my students and I were blessed with beautiful weather. After a quick tour of the restaurant and fire kitchen we headed inside to put the..

“Is it too late to wish you a very happy New Year” began an email yesterday. Possibly, but who really keeps track of these things?

My main New Year’s Resolution was to get my newsletter out and..

I’ve had so much fun already this advent as I give away loads of treats on my Facebook page (with tomorrow being a particularly great treat. Do we hear rumours of champagne?

What has been..

In this month’s edition of Crumbs they “Feel the burn!” as they get “All fired up with the Pyromaniac Chef.” There’s a five page story which answers everything you could possibly want to know about..

It has been an unforgivably long time since I blogged and that’s largely due to being incredibly busy. Still, being busy means lots of exciting things happened which I didn’t update you..

My brother and sister-in-law recently visited us from Hong Kong. We managed to find a date in the diary when my stepbrothers were free and for the first time in four years we all met up. Naturally..

My incredibly busy June ended at the Tewkesbury Food and Drink Festival where my son formed part of the audience. I really enjoyed being on stage again and hope I can do more festivals next..

June is all about shows. On the 10th I made my first stage appearance at Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival  and last weekend (my first weekend off in what feels like forever) I took my family to..