Stephanie Moon - Consultant Chef - All Things Food

Great Yorkshire Show Game for Cookery

octavian — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:35:51 +0000

This week brings a meeting with the Great Yorkshire Show and thoughts on how to run the Game Cookery theatre this year.
Every year this theatre just gets bigger to think 7 years ago when we started it was 20 seats and two Bunsen burners now it is a full blown cookery theatre with names such as Rosemary Shrager, Andrew Pern, Tim Bilton and James Mackenzie taking part last year let’s hope this year is another knock out.

Time for a Party at Rudding

octavian — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:34:10 +0000

Well that time of year folks when it is Rudding Park’s staff party and no I was not swinging from the Chandeliers!
A chance to meet colleagues past and present and to look forward to the Olympics with our Olympic themed party.
Then later a function I ran at Redmayne Bentley Stock brokers in Leeds quite a challenge as the kitchen was on the 6th Floor and the function on the ground floor thankfully it was finger food and we could serve the food in stages as the wine and food pairings took place.
A great success all around and good fun.
Last part of the week was doing something I haven’t done for 1 year now I am ashamed to say and a trip to see the Titanic a theatrical production at Harrogate theatre a really great show.

Prize Winners at Rudding Park

octavian — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:32:29 +0000

This week was busy catching up on paper work and also meeting a wonderful couple based in Harrogate who won the 12 Days of Christmas special which was win a chef for the night and a waiter to serve you.

Well Chris Root my waiter and incidentally a former student of mine who Rudding Park now employ full time and I really enjoyed the evening and I got a beautiful bunch of flowers for cooking their gourmet meal of Seafood, Lamb and Lemon Assiette.

Launch of Langlands Ready Meals

octavian — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:31:07 +0000

Launch of the ready meals concept at Langlands and lots to do recipe specs, costings, and cooking the dishes photos etc. What a rush to get everything Bristol Fashion and ready for action but a great first run and they all sold which was wonderful.

New Year and Nidd Hall

octavian — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:29:49 +0000

Back in Ernest now and a chance to look at the Year ahead and plan some interesting new projects.

Also a chance to meet up with an olde mate Jason Wardill at Nidd Hall on the outskirts of Harrogate as Jason will be taking some of our students form Leeds City College this year where I teach part-time.

Christmas Day Off But Still Cooking

octavian — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:28:31 +0000

Well wow what a week lots to do work and cook but thankfully a chance to meet up with family and friends and my second Christmas day off in 22years was spent cooking at my parents house for 13 of us so much fun and frivolity!

Langlands Garden Centre

octavian — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:27:13 +0000

This week has brought on a new challenge for me and a chance to visit a busy thriving garden centre at Shipton Thorpe on the outskirts of York called Langlands.

They are looking at ready meals to sell and it is a really interesting project.

Re-Launch of Feversham Arms and Judging Young Chefs

octavian — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:25:10 +0000

Being invited to dinner at The Feversham Arms to their re launch of a new era, was a real treat and I sat at a very entertaining table – good fun great food and wines in a lovely setting.

Judging young chefs is a real treat (unless they can’t cook!!!) but gladly this trip to Fulford school un earthed some real talent and great to see kids poaching pears making their own sponges, cooking salmon and pork belly really inspiring and sadly only two got to go through to the next round but we could have put through many more!

Mirabelle, photos and eggs

octavian — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:23:26 +0000

Off to Mirabelle in Harrogate a local French restaurant with Head chef Parton Lionel Strubb a great guy doing a super demo alongside Thermo mix and Nestle it was a great night and a chance to catch up with friends too.
The next day I hot footed it over to Leeds and a Welcome to Yorkshire photo shoot (always great to work with these guys).
Also a chance to meet the egg suppliers to Chippindale eggs at Rudding Park and to speak to the Conference there, brilliant.

Harrogate Flower Show planning

octavian — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:22:09 +0000

Another great show meeting this week with Melanie Benson and Martin Fish from the Harrogate Flower Show and what a great show we have lined up for this year with our new features of a ready Steady cook off in the afternoon between two local chefs and a Herb Omelette challenge also this year will be starring Rosemary Shrager our local TV Celebrity.