"A complete triumph! R x"



"Hi Jules,



What an absolutely brilliant and entertaining night - everything was excellent! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!



Looking forward to joining you again soon!"





Hi Jules

we all wanted to say a huge thank you for such a lovely evening, the food was exceptional and we all agreed, of the highest restaurant standard.



It was great for us as a group of friends to have the whole evening just to… Continue

It's my son's birthday at the weekend and we are having a family get together which means 17 for lunch. I'm busy preparing the following:

Beef carpaccio
Crab and ginger tarts
plum salad (a great old recipe from my Constance Spry book)
Potato salad
Southern friend chicken

...and a giant lasagna for when we return from ice skating!

Couldn't decide what to cook today but then a look at the greenhouse decided it for me. An abundance of peppers, chillies and tomatoes ... et voila...chicken Jalfrezi. Before

After...

Pan fired sea bass with samphire and a beurre blanc

roasted tomato soup with focaccia

Great day today, we all overslept so hubby decided he'd drive the kids to school which left me free to play in the kitchen.



Just made roasted tomato soup with toms from the greenhouse and some focaccia for dinner tonight. Our friend in London has managed to pick up some samphire (the last of the season) from Billingsgate so tomorrow we'll have sea bream with samphire with a beurre blanc.



Last job will be to make Nick's favorite blackberry vodka - probably 10 bottles to see… Continue