Disclaimer: Bumblebee Bakery Horsham is owned and run by a close personal friend. I ordered several batches of cookies for my employees as a thank you gift for all their hard work through the COVID-19 lockdown and paid full price for the order. This showcase is not sponsored or endorsed by Bumblebee Bakery. Sweet treats…
Category: Food News
Introducing: The Bratdog
Well the last five months have been… interesting! With the majority of the world entering some form of quarantine lockdown, businesses have adapted to provide their goods via an alternate method. The rise of the takeaway from traditional sit-down venues has boomed. My day job has been particularly impacted by the UK’s business closure laws…
Top chef triggers Vegan diners
The Manchester Evening News reported on review left by a patron of Chef Simon Wood’s restaurant, Wood, which called out the MasterChef winner as being unable to “adapt to cook vegan food”. Chef Simon Wood wrote back to defend his restaurant and inadvertently sparked a debate on the Vegan and Vegetarian dietary diners options. While…
The Cowdray Arms – Balcombe (Review)
First off, I apologize for the distinct lack of photo’s due in part to my terrible smartphone battery failing as we pulled into the car park – without phone charger to hand. However I hope that I can paint a culinary picture through my descriptive review of The Cowdray Arms in Balcombe, West Sussex. The…
Ferocious Fiery Hot Sauce
As a child I was introduced to all forms of chili peppers at various farmers markets and festivals and I grew to love the heat and the diverse flavours. When I was 14, my dad took me to buy a Dorset Naga plant from the farm that grew the first variant of the Naga in…
Blue Cheese Dip
When enjoying Buffalo Chicken Wings at the 2019 Wing Fest I enjoyed a massive range of Blue Cheese dips. Some were standard “out-of-the-bottle” sauces, while others were amazing dip pots of blue cheese heaven. I spent weeks trying to perfect the balance of blue cheese, mayo and sour cream for the perfect wing dip and…
Buffalo Chicken Wings
What is a Buffalo Wing? A typical Buffalo Wing is the jointed parts of the chicken wing (drumette and flat) deep fried and then tossed in a vinegar and cayenne pepper based spiced sauce made with melted butter. Typical accompaniments to the wings include sticks of celery and blue cheese dip. The distinctive orange colour…
Review: London WingFest 7th September 2019
It’s Friday morning and I’m chatting to a colleague on our daily conference call, pleseantries have been exchanged and she ask’s what I’m doing this weekend. She was surprised, intrigued and a little bit envoius when I said that I was off to a Chicken Wing Festival. This is a response I have become acustom…