Are food blogs dead? This is the question I find myself pondering this evening. I was sorting files out on the MacBook and find my blog post folder then realise I haven’t posted since 2016. When I was posting regularly back then I was following and reading a lot of other blogs from chefs I admired but now it seems the blog has been replaced by the podcast. I’m not complaining I love a podcast and will take this chance to shout out “The Nightcap” by Paul Foster, “always in season” by James Golding and “the David Chang show” by David Chang as my favourite food related pods and of course “that Peter Crouch Podcast” as the greatest pod going (Hopefully they will be “back stronger” very soon.
Since my last post a lot has changed! I was made redundant at Thorpe Park, so I joined Baxterstorey looking after British Airways waterside. Lizzie and I also welcomed Daisy into our world during 2019. This was followed by moving back to Heathrow airside but this time working in the British Airways lounges which I started just before Covid hit. Spending 12 weeks at home with my family during a particularly warm spring was brilliant but also tough, having spent 20 odd years in professional kitchens that much downtime in one go and also being ordered to stay home apart from your daily walk I found difficult at times. The biggest plus to those 12 weeks was seeing Daisy hit all those little milestones I missed with Elouise as I was always at work. Once allowed out the house and back to work I moved from terminal 3 to terminal 5 and worked across the lounges until we reponed The Concorde Room which I am now head chef of.
Below are just a few of the dishes we have had on since reopening and intend to keep my little blog going and update with new dishes more often. I hope that 2022 is a much better year for us all I really do.
