After more than 30 years as leader of the gastronomic pack in the West Country, Michael Caines has made his London debut as a chef-restaurateur this week at the Stafford hotel in St James’s. The new venture brings a flavour of his native region, with the menu name-checking fish and seafood from Brixham in Devon […]
Superstar West Country chef Michael Caines will finally make his London debut this year following the announcement of his appointment as ‘culinary strategist’ at the Stafford hotel in St James’s. Under the new arrangement, his Lympstone Manor in Devon becomes an ‘associate member’ of the Stafford Collection. Michael has been a dominant figure on the […]
Northcote, the Lancashire boutique hotel and gastronomic powerhouse that hosts the annual Obsession food festival, has been bought by new owners – who have persuaded executive chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen to return just a month after quitting, to a new role as chef patron-director. The acquisition by Yorkshire-based kitchen entrepreneurs Alf and Clare Ellis ends a period […]
Gastronomic stars from Greece, Italy and Portugal will line up alongside a roster of Britain’s top chefs for the 2024 edition of Obsession, the annual festival of chefs hosted by Northcote fine-dining hotel near Blackburn in Lancashire. Michel Roux Jr will cook with his daughter Emily at the grand finale on Sunday 4 February in […]
In honour of International Women’s Day (8 March) we would like to draw your attention to some of the best female chefs working in kitchens across the UK today. Some are household names already, others you may not have heard of yet, but all are formidable talents. Cheffing as a profession is still dominated by […]
When it was announced that Nigel Haworth was planning to step back from the kitchen at Northcote and undertake the role of Global Chef Ambassador – working on a consultancy basis and still spearheading the wonderful Obsession festival – there was never any doubt as to who was his heir apparent. Lisa Goodwin Allen has been with Lancashire’s […]
