Down in Greenwich, a husband and wife team are flying the flag for Jawbreakers, Rhubarb and Custard, Poor Bens and over four hundred other sweets. We went to meet Mr and Mrs Humbug
Tate that- Robin Bidgood
The accidental vegetarian -Simon Rimmer
Rule Victoria
Tastefully Driven
Pascal Aussignac of Croque Gascon
As megamall Westfield opens its doors we talk to one of the pioneer restaurateurs going in, both before the big event and on the opening day
Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House
Sitting in some rare August sunshine out on the terrace at Danesfield House Adam Simmonds, Head Chef of the fine dining Oak Room located behind us, slowly draws his gaze away from the fabulous vista of the Chilterns and Thames below him. ‘Yes it is a fabulous location, ‘ he agrees, ‘just fantastic.”
Lee Bennet – Head Chef at Pont de la Tour
Le Pont de la Tour means, of course, Tower Bridge. It sounds so much more romantic in French, but then so does just about anything including Andouillette, which you think must be a jolly form of country dancing but which translates in English to ‘totally horrific tube of gut thats is stuffed full of offal and bits of animals you don’t want to even think about.’
Not just in it for the bread
‘Ten years ago it was just me and an umbrella” Sebastian Vince is saying as he lowers a slice of hot Pizza al Taglio into his mouth, one of many classic pizzas cut from a square slab and prepared and cooked fresh on his Breadstall bakery in Clapham’s Northcote Road market.