It’s a strange phenomenon when the time eventually comes for you to pack your bags and travel home after three years away studying at university. There is the glorious high of finishing your degree and celebrating with friends, followed by uncertainty, doubt, and fear at what the future holds. With fierce competition for graduate jobs…
Food Stories with Michael Wignall: ‘If you have hard work and dedication from all of your team, accolades will follow’
Set amongst a backdrop of rolling fields, The Angel looked right at home, nestled on the edge of the picturesque village of Hetton in Yorkshire. After being welcomed into the restaurant for a late lunch, I sat down to enjoy my first experience of Michael Wignall’s culinary talents. The four-course set lunch experimented with many…
Food Stories with Megan Ponting: ‘I work the story of my cooking history into the dinner, and that’s what makes it different’
After Megan placed a pot of tea and some specially-bought brownies on the table that she had picked up from The Pig and Pastry café where she works, I knew that this was going to be a good interview. Megan’s smiley and chatty persona instantly made me feel like we had been friends for years,…
‘Exciting, innovative and truly quite special’ – The Park by Adam Jackson
I’m not going to lie, when I first booked to go and have dinner at The Park Restaurant by Adam Jackson in York, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Despite holding an incredible three AA rosettes, The Park restaurant seems to have a positive, but a notably quieter presence on social media in comparison…
Food Stories with Samira Effa: ‘Strong-minded, determined, and hardworking. I definitely don’t think I would have got so far in the industry if I wasn’t like that’
The Box Tree Restaurant in Ilkley, owned and managed by Simon and Rena Gueller has quite the reputation when it comes to incredible food and talented chefs. From the likes of Michael Lawson to Marco-Pierre White, the Box Tree has seen many famed faces walk through its doors, with the most recent being Samira Effa,…
International Women’s Day: ‘We don’t need to fight for online validation to know that we are strong and beautiful’.
Today is the 8thof March 2019 and it is International Women’s Day, just a singular day gifted to us women to celebrate how amazing and inspiring we truly are. But, we might as well make the most of it! Perhaps we aren’t allowed more than a day just in case we get ahead of ourselves…
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