Christmas Lunch - Top Tips & the Odd Recipe

christmas in bethnal green

One of the things about being a freelancer is that there’s no Christmas party. Take note, I haven’t specified whether or not it’s a particularly good or bad thing. It’s just a thing. I’ve never been a big fan of corporate entertainment - but then you sort of miss it when it’s not there.… 

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Cooking Pheasants with The Jamie Oliver Team

Chef line up (right to left) Gennaro Contaldo, Jon Rotheram, Andy Appleton

Chef line up  left to right: Andy Appleton, Jon Rotheram, Gennaro Contaldo

“The sport might-a be expensive, but the game is cheap! Five-a pounds for a brace of pheasant, you can’t-a get a chicken for that!” shouts  Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo, long-time mentor of Jamie Oliver and third-generation “hunter” of pheasants.… 

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