In the run up to Michaelmas (Friday 29th September), our Head Chef Stewart Turner rustles up a tart which highlights the sweet and sour tang of autumn’s last few blackberries Michaelmas – also known as the feast of the archangels – is synonymous with goose (and the practice of rearing geese for the early autumn […]

In the heart of asparagus season, our Head Chef serves up Britain’s best spears with a quick and easy tart British asparagus is a true vegetable hero: the season starts in mid-April and if we are lucky it will last until the end of June. It must be one of, if not our greatest seasonal […]

Halloween may be behind us, but the squash season certainly isn’t. This month our Head Chef Stewart Turner provides a wholesome pie recipe, while Demetri Walters MW suggests appropriate wine pairings On the table: Our seasonal spotlight falls on squash which are now in their peak season. Although butternut squash are available throughout the year, […]

This month our Head Chef Stewart Turner highlights the versatility of rhubarb, with its mouth-watering balance of sweet and sour, while Demetri Walters MW suggests the wines which work with the season’s slender stems. On the table: Rhubarb comes in two distinct styles – the hardy outdoor-grown, and the delicate “forced” or Champagne rhubarb, which […]