Private chef for hire in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and the Lake District The Cook in the North ‣ Chef's Diary ‣ Page 3
100% 5 star reviews
Warm caramel cinnamon apple pastry tarts
Oct 2023
A review from Knaresborough
Food intolerance, allergy or simply keen to avoid certain ingredients
Local lamb shoulder for 13 with honey roasted Yorkshire carrots
Purple sweet potato fries in the making
An individual portion of slow roasted pork belly in maple syrup
Earlier this year I planted a second pear tree in our garden
Roasted racks of lamb for a 10th wedding anniversary dinner
Spanish serrano ham – nitrite and nitrate free
A lovely review from a meal I cooked in Swaledale
A starter of poached cod, pesto and marsh samphire
Autumn apple, blackberry, brown sugar and cinnamon
Sep 2023
Butternut squash with rosemary, sage, bay, chilli and fennel
Blackberries and apples are always really popular in Autumn
Fabulous British organic sweetcorn cobs
They say the wand chooses the wizard…
A lovely thank you card “for the delicious food”
Lovely review and off-the-scale rating
Purple carrots with golden centres
Purple potatoes that make equally purple mash
Purple French beans with striking green centres
Buried, watered and left
Family time harvesting potatoes in the sunshine
Individual lemon cheesecakes being prepared
One of the things I like about living and working in the Pennines
Got this lovely review and 5 star rating
Aug 2023
Cooking in a light, airy and spacious holiday home kitchen
The end of a busy evening
Kale and chestnuts about to be roasted with apple and lemon
Caprese salad
Race day garden party food in Cartmel
Dusk at Ivy Cottage in Casterton near Kirkby Lonsdale
Freshly cut chives, harvested at dusk ready to cook with at dawn
Lizzie very kindly left a review about the tapas feast I cooked
Freshly delivered rainbow carrots being packed for their travels
Ercolini pears gently poached with lemon and vanilla
Cooking at High Hall in Appletreewick, Yorkshire Dales
This is me
Freshly delivered box of cauliflowers
Fennel slow roasted with lemon, thyme, shallots, olives and wine
Next stop Preston
One of my favourite places in the Yorkshire Dales
Some of the several hundred plates
Balmoral Road in Morecambe
Some of the ingredients for a tapas feast
Prepping the kitchen at Crayke Manor in North Yorkshire
Looking forward to cooking at Crayke Manor in North Yorkshire
Our haul from the kitchen garden today
#thecookinthegarden greenhouse update
School summer holiday baking!
Early stages of meal prep in a private home
Cooking in Barnoldswick – my home town
Moniek and Jakub booked me to cater for their wedding
My August menu of summer ideas is live
Spanish serrano ham – nitrite-free
Cooking at an airbnb near Lowgill, Kendal
Jul 2023
View from the kitchen sink
Griddling aubergine slices for a vegan melanzane parmigiana
Collecting fresh organic veg in North Yorkshire
Pots of antipasti for the table
