DORSET-based private chef Philippa Davis has been on the radio (Radio Soho) chatting to William Sitwell, editor of Waitrose Food, about her varied life as a private chef. And If you see a crocodile… “Row, row, row your boat” has got to be a top classic when it comes to kids songs. This was made…
PHILIPPA Davis had an exhausting few days recently, including cooking for a Shabbat in West London, a whisky tasting lunch and photographic exhibition in a Soho car park, a wine tasting at the fabulous Whirly Wines down in Tooting Bec, working on a brilliant Dorset book project* and a trip to Nice and Monaco. I…
JOIN the supper club at La Fosse, the restaurant with rooms in the centre of Cranborne, for a taste of Ireland on Thursday 17th March. You might be lucky enough to get one of the two remaining tables for the Irish Supper Club, where chef-proprietor Mark Hartstone will be serving traditional dishes including lamb, boxty,…
NAVIGATING airports at half term is a bit like playing a kids computer game, says the Dorset-born private chef Philippa Davis. The route from departures in one country to arrivals in another is pitted with challenges, obstacles and tasks to test your intuition and skill – and all has to be completed within a certain…
by Simone Sekers MY mother is now in a care home. This is very much not what she had had planned. At the age of 92 she had decided not to have her flu jab this winter; her plan was to catch flu, which would progress to pneumonia and then end neatly in her demise….
DORSHI, an award-winning street food business run by friends Jollyon Carter and Radhika Mohendas, is opening as a restaurant in Bartholomew’s Hall at Bridport at the beginning of March. Jollyon and Radhika have travelled much of the UK with Dorshi, becoming firm festival favourites with their hand-made dumplings, hand-pulled noodles, salads and sauces – and…
PRIVATE chef Philippa Davis ended her Asian travels back in Singapore preparing a variety of meals for clients including an amazing feast … DESPITE the mass splattering of red decorations over every street in Singapore in readiness for Chinese New Year my focus for the week was on preparing a party feast for Russian New…
CONTINUING her Asian travels, Philippa Davis instantly loved the fast energy of Hong Kong … The winding streets that were connected by hills, steep steps and alleyways were, I admit, a challenge at first, with not every corner always being named and most signs being unintelligible to me, but I feel sometimes the best ways…
CHEESE expert Charlie Turnbull has given his Shaftesbury business a makeover, redecorating and converting the cafe area to a bistro while keeping the deli/cheesemongers side of the enterprises. Charlie, who was born on a farm in Surrey and trained as an accountant before realising he had a nose (and an appetite) for cheese, opened Turnbulls,…
CHEF Philippa Davis spent a fun New Year cooking in a chalet in Val d’Isere, and despite the lack of snow she made sure there was no lack of cake … Cooking for ski parties is another one of those jobs, like the shooting ones, that allows you to be fairly liberal with the butter…