Private chef for hire in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and the Lake District The Cook in the North ‣ Chef's Diary ‣ Page 5
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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
#privatechef #fivestarreview
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
Oughtershaw Hall
Look what my daughter made for my birthday!
Chocolate, almond and marmalade tart
Feb 2023
Home kitchen experimentation time
Broad beans, fresh from their pods
10 breaded chicken goujons sizzling in a pan
Half term holiday family tea
Ribblehead Viaduct at the very top of Ribblesdale
Being the cleaning up fairy is all part of the service
Lime and coriander chicken strips
Lamb shanks from a local farm
My daughter created this dairy-free banana split
Baking with Mrs Cook in the North
Hunter’s Chicken – melted cheese and barbecue sauce
This is ‘Hen of the Woods’ from our local organic greengrocers
Seasoned potato wedges
Jan 2023
Chatting with my local butcher Nathan today about lamb
Goose fat
Freshly baked Yorkshire Pudding
Bit of an arty shot
