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Take Part In The Taste Channel 4

by Andrew on September 6, 2013 in Television, Radio, Video, Film with No comments

channel4 the tasteCPL Productions are looking for people who can deliver fantastic flavours and culinary flare to take part in the brand new Channel 4 cooking show ‘The Taste’. Whether you’re a home cook, food blogger or work in the food industry, it doesn’t matter how experienced you are just how amazing your food tastes!

If you would like the opportunity to put your skills to the test in front of our panel of internationally renowned food experts; Nigella Lawson and her fellow judges, American chef Anthony Bourdain and French chef Ludo Lefebvre, battle it out to find The Taste’s first British winner.then apply now!

Take Part In The Taste Channel 4 - you can apply for the show by filling in the online application form


Best County Dining Pub of the Year 2014

by Andrew on August 29, 2013 in In the Press with No comments

The Gun Best County Dining Pub of the Year’ For the third consecutive year, ETM Group’s Docklands gastropub, The Gun, has been awarded ‘Best County Dining Pub of the Year’ by The Good Pub Guide 2014
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This is the fourth time overall that The Gun has won this award (the first being in the 2010 guide), as a result of its excellent reader reviews and anonymous inspections by guide editors, Fiona Stapley and Alisdair Aird. Fiona comments:

“Our London Dining Pub for the fourth time, this deservedly popular riverside place continues to offer delicious contemporary food, beautifully presented, in relaxed and friendly surroundings; it is an obvious winner.’

Tom Martin comments:

“We are absolutely delighted to have won this significant award again. With London’s gastropub scene burgeoning, it is a real achievement to have won it three years in a row, four times overall, and a testament to the fantastic kitchen and front of house team we have here at The Gun. Thank you very much to Fiona and Alisdair and all our customers for recognising this”.

Renowned for its high quality British food, The Gun has always been a high achiever. Other prestigious awards for the pub are: ‘Best UK Riverside Pub’ The Times 2012, Time Out’s ‘Best Gastro Pub 2006/07’, ‘Best New Restaurant Award’ from Hardens and Remy Martin in 2006 as well as ‘The UK’s Best Sunday Lunch’ by The Publican Magazine in 2007.

The Good Pub Guide, established for over 30 years, continues to provide a variety of honest, entertaining and indepensible information.

Best County Dining Pub of the Year 2014: The Gun, 27 Coldharbour, Docklands, London, E14 9NS T: 020 7515 5222

Shelina Permalloo’s Jerk Pulled Pork

by Andrew on August 21, 2013 in Television, Radio, Video, Film with No comments

The summer we have been yearning for is finally here and there is no better way to make the most of the weather than by bringing all your friends and family together for a BBQ, but what to cook? Well lucky for us Shelina Permalloo, former MasterChef winner, has added a delicious Mauritian twist using only the finest sugar from her homeland to play on the current food trend of pulled pork, so you can stand out from the crowd.

But don’t worry if the weather does the usual British thing and the rain makes an appearance, this recipe can easily be transferred to the oven. A win-win all round!

So watch the video to learn how to make the perfect summer dish… Jerk Pulled Pork.

Recipe Video: Shelina Permalloo’s Jerk Pulled Pork

Cicchetti and Other Small Italian Dishes To Share

by Andrew on August 11, 2013 in Books For Cooks with 5 Comments

Cicchetti and Other Small Italian Dishes to ShareCicchetti are irresistible little morsels full of local flavour, the Venetian equivalent of Italian antipasti, Spanish tapas and French canapés, Thai street food or English finger food.

Venetians have turned these bit-sized delights into a culinary art, but every Italian region has its own special version. Made using traditional methods and produce, the meat, seafood and vegetable treats are the best of Italian cooking in miniature.

Compelte with lively anecdotes, colour photography and the authors’ intimate knowledge of Italian cooking, Cicchetti and Other Small Italian Dishes To Share is a comprehensive collection of authentic and innovative recipes that well send your taste buds reeling.

The book is divided into two. The first half is written by Lindy Wildsmith and celebrates the traditions of Venetian cicchetti. It contains a selection of recipes divided into sections including seafood, crudo (raw fish or meat), meat, fresh produce, cheese, charcuteries and the aperitifs - yes, drinks are included - to serve with them. Recipes in this section include Fresh Tuna Balls with Anchovy and Lemon, Ricotta and Pancetta Crostini, Risotto with Peas and Venetian Chopped Liver Crostini.

The second part of the book, written by Valentina Harris, has extended the culinary journey around the other Italian regions to share some of finest stuzzichini produced by friggitor (fired food stalls), bars and rosticcerie (shops selling roasted meat) from Milan to Palermo. Harris supplies us with such delights as Creamed Asparagus Tartine, Basilicata Salami and Caciocavallo Cheese, Neopolitan Scrambled Eggs and Pancetta and Rosemary Pancakes.

All the recipes mentioned I’ve made and sampled; all were delicious.

Just a shame you can’t get Caciocavallo cheese and authentic lardo that easily in the UK. (Oddly named Nife is Life list both Lardo £12.50 for 500g and Smoked Caciocavallo cheese £11.50 for 650g.)

Cicchetti: And Other Small Italian Dishes to Share is soon to be available from Amazon for £20.

Essential Equipment for the Kitchen

by Andrew on August 7, 2013 in Books For Cooks with No comments

essential equipment for the kitchenFor anyone who cares about good design on a daily basis, this book is a bible. Essential Equipment for the Kitchen is about ‘ultimates’ - the ultimate tools designed for the kitchen, from potato peelers to cheese graters, to toasters and oven ranges - well designed and beautiful objects that have superior performance and durability. Regardless of prices they are all the best of their kind. Many are innovative products recently designed by today’s leading talents, while others are acknowledged design classics that have stood the test of time.

The all consuming search for the best deisgnes has spanned the world of domestic tools, from Japanese knives and Finnish cooking pots to French storage jars and English teapots.

Essential Equipment for the Kitchen is a comprehensive sourcebook showcasing over 300 beautiful products. Each selected design is in current production and can be purchased. Listed with detailed descriptions of their historic relevance and design excellence and full stockist details.

Essential Equipment for the Kitchen: A Sourcebook of the World’s Best Designs (A Sourcebook of the World’d Best Design) is currently listed at Amazon for £12.79.

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