I just wanted to share some photos with you of our new kitchen & dining room at Fat Hen. This was recently completed at the end of last year and we finally opened the doors this April. We are offering a whole range of wild food based courses and options for bespoke bookings, private dining and a supper club. The…
I’ve finished scoffing now until next year – check out the 6 course grand finale at the Porthminster
We’ve now come to the end of the events for 2013 (with the exception of private foraging walks). My last event was with the Porthminster beach cafe on the 18th November. Check out the 6 course tasting menu: Baked Porthminster Sough Dough with dulse seaweed butter. Dulse butter. Watercress & Alexanders Soup with cauliflower & mascarpone. Nettle & Cured Cornish…
Last Friday saw the final Foraging Friday of the year at the Gurnards Head. As usual, the weather held out, the company was great and as luck would have it some shaggy parasol mushrooms bestowed their fungal beauty right across our path (i nearly tripped over them). These were simply pan fried in butter back in the pub and devoured…
Just returned from Bristol last week after heading up there with a car full of freshly foraged ingredients for Flinty Red’s Wild Food Tasting Supper. It’s the second one we’ve done and was a roaring success. I did this supper in colloboration with Matt Williamson, chef of Flinty Red and Rachel Higgens, wine expert, who matched each course with an…
Whirlwind half term to Bristol…. loved it….great to leave the land of pasties and top up on a bit of diverse food and culture…wonderful dosas at the Thali cafe (twice), plates of gorgeousness at Flinty Red (Of course), tapas at the Clifton Lido, glass of Rioja and a plate of paella at El Rincon accompanied by live fiddle, trumpet and…
Wow. I've finally come to the end of the most manic work phase so far in the history of Fat Hen. It's been a fantastic Autumn with loads of interesting things happening. Food Fairs, Gourmet Weekends, Taster Days, Days for children, Production of endless jellies, fungi and seaweeds and a bit of t.v. Countryfile came down West to film a…
OMG – How scarey – I did my first public cooking demonstration at the Cornwall Food and Drink Festival in Truro on 25th September. I looked down at all the cooking kit I brought with me and wondered how on earth I was going to find the right things at the right time and god only knew if I'd get…
Off we went this morning, baskets in hand, children in tow, down to the woods on a mushroom hunt. A perfect Sunday morning jaunt with the kids and their two friends Jacca and Rosie. Rope swings, fungi in abundance, a flask of hot chocolate and a good old hearty walk on a misty moisty morning. We immediately had a great…