TRAVELLING chef Philippa Davis from Shaftesbury has had a busy winter and early spring with visits to the Caribbean, Scotland and Switzerland where she was catering in a chalet at Verbier … Never having been a seasonaire (usually someone in their early 20s who spends their winter working in a chalet and off on…
DORSET winemakers Langham Estates have won the Judgement of Parsons Green IV, a competition to find the best English sparkling wines. Langham’s winemaker Liam Idzikowski was thrilled with the success of their Classic Cuvee 2010: “We are absolutely delighted to have done so well in the Judgement of Parsons Green – not only because of…
In Dublin’s fair city, there is something delicious for breakfast…. OUR favourite travelling chef, Philippa Davis from Shaftesbury, has been busy these past few weeks, including a short stay in Dublin where her healthy breakfast choices were a bit of a shock for her clients … So the conversation went a little like…
A WILD mushroom pie has taken a Bournemouth man into the finals of the Badger Ales national pie competition, which will be judged at the Hall & Woodhouse pub-restaurant in Bath on Thursday 6th March. Russell Clarke beat nearly 700 entries to reach the finals. He won the first round of the vegetarian category, impressing…
A BEAUTIFUL country house hotel, in one of the most perfect Wiltshire villages, Howards House Hotel has been named Britain’s Most Romantic Hotel in the Good Hotel Guide since 2010. The independent, family-run hotel, beside the Teff chalk stream which runs through Teffont Evias, in the south west corner of the county, is also renowned…
WHEN customers ask for this cheese, they pronounce it one of two ways: “Oh-gleshield” or “Ogg-leshield”. I spoke with Jamie Montgomery, who makes this fine cheese in North Cadbury, Somerset and he says it’s Oh-gleshield. That’s settled, then. Jamie’s celebrated unpasteurised cheddar, Montgomery, uses milk from his Friesian herds, while Ogleshield is made from the…
BADGER Ales, produced by family firm Hall & Woodhouse at the Blandford St Mary brewery, has won a Silver Award in the 2014 Design Effectiveness Awards for its new brand identity created by BrandOpus. The award acknowledges the success of Badger’s rebranding across the nine-bottle range. This new identity has created a strong on-shelf presence,…
WHAT do we need? Sunshine! When do we need it? Now! Most of us would give our eye-teeth for a few weeks of sunshine – frosty would be fine! So who can blame travelling chef Philippa Davis from Shaftesbury if she grabbed with both hands and the first available plane an invitation to go and…
THE award-winning Eastbury Hotel in Sherborne has a new head chef, Matt Street, who has been working at the hotel for six years and aims to continue its tradition of serving outstanding, locally sourced food in the beautiful conservatory restaurant. Matt, who is 29, reached the knock-out stages of MasterChef The Professionals in the quarter…
TOWN Mill Cheesemonger, Justin Tunstall’s tiny specialist cheese shop at Lyme Regis, has beaten nearly 300 entries nationwide to win the Cheesemonger Of The Year award in the annual Farm Shop & Deli Awards. Justin, who writes The Cheeseboard monthly article for the Fine Times Recorder, was understandably thrilled at the success. He said: “Wow!…