Chef’s Diary

Local grass fed lamb

Oct 2024

Heading over Buttertubs Pass

Oct 2024

Plums are always a big hit

Oct 2024

Like lemon treats in a sweetshop

Oct 2024

Hedgerow blackberries

Oct 2024

Freshly harvested chard

Oct 2024

Hause Hall Farm in Martindale

Oct 2024

Wedding catering review

Oct 2024

18 desserts of chocolate ganache and biscuit tart, poached ercoli

Sep 2024

Individual lamb shoulder portions

Sep 2024

Scallops, black pudding and bacon

Sep 2024

View from Snilesworth Lodge

Sep 2024

I always get excited seeing the sea

Sep 2024

Checking on some Yorkshire pork

Sep 2024

I stopped to take this photo

Sep 2024

Straining to hold the weight

Aug 2024

A review from the birthday girl

Aug 2024

50+ *5 star* reviews

Aug 2024

Carrots for 20

Aug 2024

Heading down into Swaledale

Aug 2024

Dishing up starters

Aug 2024

Summery accompaniments

Aug 2024

The view as I was peeling carrots

Aug 2024

Yorkshire pork belly and kale

Aug 2024

Review from the organiser of a hen party

Aug 2024

Celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary

Aug 2024

Young bay leaves

Aug 2024

The greenhouse is filling up

Aug 2024

Nonchalant traffic standoff

Aug 2024

Valor potatoes, fennel, lemon

Aug 2024

Today’s starter for eleven

Jul 2024

Chocolate fondant puddings

Jul 2024

I cooked for Dean’s birthday

Jul 2024

An arty shot

Jul 2024

Ullswater at dusk

Jul 2024

Sunset over Westmorland

Jul 2024

Ready for cutting just before cooking

Jul 2024

Rainbow carrots being prepped for roasting

Jul 2024

Cooking at Carr Hall Castle near Halifax

Jul 2024

Quarry view from the kitchen

Jul 2024

A review left on Google

Jul 2024

Three floors up

Jul 2024

A sunny day in the Yorkshire Dales

Jul 2024

Growing with Grace deliver

Jun 2024

Late night light in the Lakes

Jun 2024

Inside my Father’s Day card

Jun 2024

We have apples on the way

Jun 2024

This is Elm Lodge

Jun 2024

5 star review from Steph

Jun 2024

Yorkshire pork belly ready to be slow roasted

Jun 2024

Sunrise over the Yorkshire Dales

Jun 2024

Looking out across Lake Windermere

Jun 2024

Sporting my new black uniform

Jun 2024

Pilaf in the Pennines

Jun 2024

View from Wood Hall

May 2024

I love to share seasonal firsts

May 2024

Tapas feasts always go down a storm

May 2024

The Cook in the Garden

May 2024

Layers of cream infused with flavours

May 2024

Outside the butcher’s shop today

May 2024