On June 24th I will be guest judge at the World Aeropress Coffee Championships at Caffe Culture, London Olympia. The competition kicks off at 3pm. Come and say hello and taste some great coffee as well.
I feel some caffeine induced insomnia coming on…
Phew. It’s all over.
Three days in a food fanatic’s fantasy world and my first real taste of doing shows with a proper live audience and everything. Just brilliant.
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A huge ‘thank you’ to the entire team at Peel’s, Hampton Manor for letting Tim, Dhruv and myself into their kitchen for three days last week to cook up a full menu for paying customers.
(photo credit: Birmingham Mail)
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We waited weeks for the truly good growing conditions to arrive. A late frost gave us cause for concern and we thought for a few days that we’d lost the entire crop of potatoes – not to mention numerous salads.
Thankfully the sad looking leaves survived and thrived into lush green offerings. The rows of potatoes now stand tall and proud, a thick carpet of the distinctive green leaves cover half the garden like a layer of cloud. Read More…
Professional chefs work differently to home cooks. This is a lesson you learn very early on in a restaurant kitchen.
Working a successful service relies on a number of key practices but chief amongst these is doing one’s meez before the first ticket comes in.
Confession time. I’m cheating on my beloved.
We’ve been together since 2003 so I suppose it could be the famed ‘seven year itch’. Only this is more serious. This isn’t just an illicit fumble in the stationery cupboard. This is more. This is love. Read More…
I'm Alex Rushmer: writer, chef and Masterchef 2010 finalist. Welcome to my little corner of the Web. Why not get a cup of tea, snuggle down and make yourself at home?
