We’ve just returned from the outskirts of the Brecon Beacons, full of delicious food, too much wine and a lot of laughs after the Abergavenny Food Festival. Fiona kicked the weekend off with a lunch at The Walnut Tree – the amazing dishes from Shaun’s Hill restaurant featuring fresh halibut and delicious scallops. Ella opted […]
This weekend we were lucky to be involved in the 2017 Port Eliot Literary Festival in St Germans in Cornwall to look after a variety of authors, events and clients. Despite trying to ignore the weather forecast all week and be the ever-optimist – I had no choice but to pack various waterproofs, wellies, walking […]
Lido Executive Chef, Freddy Bird made his debut appearance on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen this morning. Hosted by friend, Matt Tebbutt, Freddy shared the limelight with chef Paul Foster, wine expert Peter Richards and special guest Judy Murray – together they made a lively show. Freddy looked like a natural while he cooked up Squid and […]
September sees the publication of Stephen Harris’ first cookbook. Published by Phaidon, The Sportsman tells the story of self-taught chef Harris who transformed what was once called a ‘grotty rundown pub by the sea’ on the coast in Kent into a Michelin-starred restaurant. The restaurant has earned a global reputation and only this week […]
The team behind the bi-annual international travel and style magazine Cereal launched their first book at Sunspel in Marylebone last night. These Islands is a portrait of the British Isles told through powerful imagery, prose and poetry. It is the first book from Francis – the newly formed publishing house and creative studio by […]
On a crisp January morning, press, buyers and the Phaidon team travelled to Great Dixter – the historic house and garden located on the borders of Kent and Sussex. The sun greeted us as the train pulled into Etchingham and remained with us throughout the day. The event was all in celebration of the forthcoming […]
Award winning food writer, restauranteur and broadcaster Tim Hayward was at Divertimenti in Knightsbridge last week signing copies of his critically-acclaimed book Knife. Knife is a love letter to the most treasured of culinary tools and explores the culture, craft and cult of the cook’s blade. Tim travelled to Divertimenti to sign […]
Book 11 in the East London Photo Stories series by Hoxton Mini Press, Along the Hackney Canal has won the prestigious ‘Best in Book’ award in the Creative Review Photography Annual. The magazine noted that Freya Najade’s “pictures focus mainly on colours, details, textures and the effect of natural light, and allow us to see […]
Hepple gin and tonics with a douglas fir rim greeted guests as they arrived to the ‘At the Table‘ magazine launch last week. With guests seeking shelter from the wet autumn weather outside, Hepple gin and tonics were a welcome winter warmer. ‘At the Table’ is a creative platform and magazine that celebrates British […]
The most treasured kitchen tool, the knife, has received deserved attention with the release of Tim Hayward’s new book. In Knife, Tim has written an ode to his life with knives in The Guardian, compiled a list of his seven essential kitchen knives in the Financial Times, drafted a love letter to knives in the Telegraph […]