Hospital Food

Check out Cirencester Community Hospital and its brand new restaurant. They are serving some really tasty, freshly prepared food to staff, patients and visitors. Its an amazing new premises with a well motivated kitchen brigade… and it’s open to the public.
I always had a perception about hospital food but when I see the work at [...]

Chocolate – Is It All Bad?

For Chocolate Week 2009 Rob Rees, the Cotswold Chef, tells us what he thinks:
I adore chocolate. My wife is making me give it up – in fact it’s been nearly 3 weeks now without it (although I have fallen off the wagon a couple of times for a Wispa Gold). Is it good or is [...]

Feb 09 – Rob’s pancake recipe

Pancake Day is one of those days when every parent or grandparent has to “give it a go”. What can be cheaper to do than pancakes? Not only is it relatively cheap to cook but the value that everybody gets from having hours of fun together in the kitchen is immeasurable.
Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday [...]

Dec 08 – What’s Your Christmas Feast?

What’s your favourite Christmas food?
Rob Rees tells us his…
December is a month so full of traditions and for me the winter larder is a massive contribution to the tradition of Christmas. Here in Gloucestershire we are lucky enough to be living in an area well placed to bring the foody Christmas traditions to fruition.
Many [...]

Oct/Nov 08 – May Contain Nuts

 
Rob Rees asks:
Should we label food more clearly for allergens? Should eateries be trained in giving adrenalin? Have we just turned into hypochondriacs?
Imagine the scene on a busy Saturday night at one of my restaurants  – a packed dining room full of guests. The kitchen is a buzz. Then one of my waiting staff enlightens [...]

Aug 08 – Attention further education colleges

So we thought it was just schools that where involved in the Government health drive. Well not any more. Further Education Colleges will be asked to look at developing Healthy FE Schemes that involve their staff and pupils. This will cover everything from drugs and alcohol advice to sexual health and well being.
What about food? [...]

Aug 08 – Here’s an update on Get Gloucestershire Cooking…

From September 2008 Get Gloucestershire Cooking reaches out to three of Gloucestershire’s Pupil Referral Units. It will be working with the students and staff to help develop hot school meals cooked by the youngsters themselves and meet all the new standards……fantastic, and inspired by the young people.
Not only that but Get Gloucestershire Cooking will be delivering [...]

August Debate: So how we can reduce the amount of food we waste?

A recent report estimates that the average Gloucestershire household throws away £420 worth of food every year, and local studies show that food makes up as much as 30% of waste going to landfill. Across the UK householders waste approximately 6.7 million tonnes of food each year.
The report was published by WRAP (Waste & Resource [...]

July Debate: Should I Buy Local Produce?

Rob Rees tells us his reasons for ‘buying local’.
The Cotswold food revolution has been under way for way over a decade now. “Local Food” has been a phrase hot on our lips for about the same amount of time. Our cultural desire to get back to our roots as well as embrace the allotment is [...]

Can we get Gloucestershire cooking before Jamie Oliver does?

Rob Rees says…
Readers may know that Jamie Oliver is developing his ‘Ministry of Food’ project with the City of Rotherham. The ultimate goal is to set up a city that cooks and grows and values good food more. The ambition is to make it the first city that does so.
Well I think that the whole [...]