Private chef for hire in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Lakes The Cook in the North ‣ Chef's Diary ‣ Page 3
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Melt-in-the-mouth organic carrots, finished in butter and honey
Jun 2023
Have ingredients, will travel!
Organic French trimmed rack of lamb
Black-berries-are-comin’
Father’s Day baking by my daughter today
Fresh cod poached in white wine, bay leaves, tarragon and parsley
Preparing desserts whilst the main course is devoured
Unloading ingredients and cooking equipment at Corner Farm
Know where your food comes from
Reflection in the liquid chocolate topping
Fresh samphire – from coastal salt marshes – is on the menu
When I worked on a climate change research project
A bit of experimenting in my home kitchen tonight
Two years ago I threw some wildflower seeds around the garden
As well as organic fresh fruit, veg, herbs and meat
Roasted halved courgettes drizzled with olive oil, sea salt and thyme
A few tapas dishes and ingredients I caught a few minutes to photograph
Beautiful organic herbs coming from the garden at the moment
Sun drenched griddled tomatoes, cooking outdoors in the garden
After a school holiday break from posting updates, photos are back
Fridays are always a pleasure unpacking my delivery from Riverford
May 2023
Inviting someone into your gathering, celebration or party to cook
Chocolate, maple syrup and oat tart with rhubarb, orange and cinnamon
Vegetarian / vegan / gluten-free 3 course meal being prepared
I cooked in Swaledale on Saturday for a hen party of 12 ladies
Another 5 star rating and lovely review from a meal I cooked
Ready to head off up through the Yorkshire Dales
Here’s where I cooked last night at Kilnsey Park
Making organic pork, sage and apple meatballs
Collecting freshly baked bread from The Artisan Bakers
Gathering wild garlic leaves by the waterfall
Getting some organic rhubarb ready to bake with orange and cinnamon
Spring greens, finely shredded
Organic, aromatic Natyra apples
Apr 2023
#thecookinthegarden update
Griddled slices of organic halloumi
Portobello field mushrooms being stuffed
First wild garlic flower of spring
Tonight I gave a talk about The Cook in the North
5 star rating and review from the weekend
Pork belly bite drizzled with maple syrup
Ready to cook a tapas feast for a hen party
Tapas in Lancashire: sliced organic tomatoes
Roasted whole sea bass
Love these graduated evening skies
King prawn, pancetta, mushroom and baby spinach pasta
The coming week’s weather forecast is looking great
Grabbed a few seconds today to snap a photo of this
Cooked on an Aga tonight
Super tasty Pennine spring lamb shanks
Family holiday in a Scottish forest
Melt-in-the-mouth peaches and cream
Mar 2023
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Whoop whoop – first rhubarb of the year!
“Potatoes are just potatoes, right?”
My birthday present this year was a greenhouse
Warm pears poached in a cinnamon toffee sauce
Mini individual gluten- and dairy-free apple crumbles
A gleaming kitchen after cooking
