Ricki Weston of South Lodge Hotel, London has been crowned winner of the 2014 Chaîne des Rôtisseurs’ Young Chef of the Year last night at the Dorchester Hotel, London. Weston will now continue on to represent Great Britain at the World Finals to be held in Durban, South Africa this September. Weston battled it out against two top contenders, Deepak Mallya, on assignment at … [Read more...]
Philadelphia Recipe, Quesadillas For Sharing
Ingredients for 4 4 flour tortillas / plain wraps 4 tbsp guacamole 4 tbsp Philadelphia Light 1 lemon, squeeze for juice 4 tbsp tomato salsa coriander leaves, to serve Instructions Take 1 tortilla. Spread it with the guacamole and Philadelphia Light. Squeeze over some lemon juice and finally add the salsa. Take another tortilla and sandwich it on top of … [Read more...]
Philadelphia Recipe, Lemon Jelly Cheesecake
Ingredients for 10 100 g digestive biscuit crumbs 50 g butter, melted 1 lemon jelly 200 ml boiling water 1 small lemon, rind and juice 300 g Philadelphia Original, softend 150 ml whipping cream fresh fruit to decorate Instructions Stir the biscuit crumbs into the melted butter and press into the base of a 20 cm spring form tin. Dissolve the jelly in … [Read more...]
Craft Guild of Chefs honours its heroes
Forty-six members and supporters of the Craft Guild of Chefs were presented with honours and awards at a special ceremony following its Annual General Meeting. The accolades were presented by Craft Guild of Chefs chairman Christopher Basten, Vice Presidents’ Council (VPC) chairman Stephen Scuffell and the recently-appointed Craft Guild president, Vice Admiral Tony … [Read more...]
This week’s recipe from Chef’s Corner, by Steve Waites
Born in 1960 Steve “fell in to” being a chef and after studying at Barry College in Wales worked at Turnbury and Puckrup Hall as well as stages with Raymond Blanc and Marco Pierre White Steve travelled and worked in Australia, returning in 1996 to work at Wood Norton Hall, after 6 enjoyable years Steve decided go it alone and set up a local 80 seater restaurant “Belle House” … [Read more...]