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Martin Hesp

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Travel - Visiting Switzerland With Dartmoor Farmers
Feb 2

Feb 2 Travel - Visiting Switzerland With Dartmoor Farmers

Martin Hesp
Travel, Food, Switzerland

Martin Hesp recalls the tie he joined a group of Dartmoor farmers on a trip to the Simmental in Switzerland

Chefs: Matt Mason - and Cooking With The Exeter Chiefs
Feb 2

Feb 2 Chefs: Matt Mason - and Cooking With The Exeter Chiefs

Martin Hesp
Food, Devon Cornwall & Somerset

Continuing our series about great West Country chefs Martin Hesp writes about his old pal Matt Mason and recalls the day he learned to cook in Matt’s old kitchen at the Jack in the Green alongside half a dozen rugby players from the Exeter Chiefs

Chefs: Nathan Outlaw, Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Port Isaac
Jan 30

Jan 30 Chefs: Nathan Outlaw, Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Port Isaac

Martin Hesp
Food, Devon Cornwall & Somerset

In our series on great West Country chefs, Martin Hesp talks to Nathan Outlaw on the very day he was told that his Port Isaac had been officially named "best place to eat in the whole of Britain…

Chefs: Hylton Espey, Merchants Manor Hotel, Falmouth
Jan 30

Jan 30 Chefs: Hylton Espey, Merchants Manor Hotel, Falmouth

Martin Hesp
Food, Hotels, Devon Cornwall & Somerset

In our series about the talented chefs of the West Country we visit Falmouth where South African Hylton Espey ahas been cooking up a very natural and delicious storm for the past five years at the Merchant’s Manor Hotel

Making-Do During a Pandemic
Jan 29

Jan 29 Making-Do During a Pandemic

Martin Hesp
Food

Experimenting with recipes and food during a pandemic lockdown… Why not? You havn’t much choice if you’re only shopping for essentials once every two weeks

Japanese Food
Jan 29

Jan 29 Japanese Food

Martin Hesp
Food, Travel

Martin Hesp explores Japanese food while visiting Hokkaido and Tokyo

Chefs: Mitch Tonks, Seahorse, Dartmouth and Rockfish at numerous seaside locations
Jan 28

Jan 28 Chefs: Mitch Tonks, Seahorse, Dartmouth and Rockfish at numerous seaside locations

Martin Hesp
Food, Devon Cornwall & Somerset

Continuing our series on top West Country chefs we revisit Mitch Tonks, the charming and brilliant chef with an international reputation for his seafood

Chefs: Ross Sloan, Landed, Porthleven, Cornwall
Jan 28

Jan 28 Chefs: Ross Sloan, Landed, Porthleven, Cornwall

Martin Hesp
Food, Secret Cornwall, Devon Cornwall & Somerset

In the second of our special articles on West Country chefs we meet Ross Sloan who now runs a remarkable ‘shell and fish takeaway’ in Porthleven in Cornwall. At the time of writing the article he was head chef at a rather lovely hotel nearby….

Chefs: Greg Milne, Head Chef at St Michael's Mount
Jan 26

Jan 26 Chefs: Greg Milne, Head Chef at St Michael's Mount

Martin Hesp
Travel, Food, Secret Cornwall, Devon Cornwall & Somerset

Time to give a shout-out to all those talented chefs out there who aren’t working at present because of the lockdown - here’s an article about the brilliant Greg Milne, head chef at St Michael’s Mount

Making Your own Butter, Better
Jan 23

Jan 23 Making Your own Butter, Better

Martin Hesp
Food

You can buy some very, very good butter from the supermarket - Trewithen Dairy’s being among the best - but every once in a while if you’ve time, why not have a go at making a pat of butter?

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