Channel 4′s Great British Food Fight rounds off tonight with Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare, stock issue script by now but I have seen mention of it on Twitter and some blogs so thought it interesting from that point of view. The makeover restaurant is in Sheffield so “sheffieldblog” have twittered a link to their blog [...]
Archive > January 2009
Make your own Big Mac with Todd Wilbur
I happend accross a chef called Todd Wilbur at the weekend. Apparently Todd, based in Las Vegas, has sold a couple of million recipe books on how to clone food from chains such as McDonald’s, TGI Fridays and KFC. He used his lab (kitchen) to reverse-engineer things like Twinkies and Big Macs, once he finds [...]
Big Chef Takes On Little Chef [Channel 4, Mon 9pm]
Little Chef, the budget conscious roadside eatery, is suffering from lack of business and Channel 4 have an idea to revamp it. A restaurant makeover program where a celebrity chef revamps the menu and gives the punters quality food within a strict budget. We’re familiar with the plot at this stage however Jamie is laid [...]
2007 Georges Duboeuf Fleurie
Time for a quickie wine review, had this a few weeks back and thought it was really nice. The Gamay grape, which accounts for the majority of grape varieties grown in Beaujolais region, gives it a light and very fruity taste. Not a robust red by any means, which I guess is typical of a [...]
SuperValu Grange Home Delivery Service
I love my local SuperValu. I’ve mentioned them on the blog before as an example of how to run a supermarket. They do a fantastic job with their fresh produce, support of local suppliers, advice on cuts of meat and how to cook them from Denis the butcher and, for the most part, their customer [...]
Mulled Wine
Here is the first low-fat recipe for 2009. Mulled wine. I know I should have posted this before Christmas but it had been a year since I made it at that stage and I couldn’t remember my recipe. After a week of practice and hard work tasting I have honed a recipe so thought it [...]
