New cask ales @TheRoyalOak_W1 flying out 🍻 CAMRA

Smoked salmon with rye, pickles & horseradish cream. Pubs open all day today then closed tomorrow and Boxing Day. Thanks to everyone who’s celebrated Christmas with us in our first year 🎅 Merry Christmas and see you from 27th!

Slowly phasing colours back in... baked eggs with white pudding, mushrooms, greens & cheddar. Still gouty though.

The old mans still got it 💥 (first welly I’ve made in 10 years) New Year’s Eve at home with the Backshell’s @katemaryrock @tgb_backshell eating and drinking way too much. Here’s to 2019 🥂

I wanted to do Veganurary not to jump on a bandwagon but to use it as a way to create better vegan dishes at work. But then this morning I was hungover and the ONLY cure is bacon so failed instantly. What do vegans do when hungover? I make bacon naans with a ton of Flying Goose Sriracha

Bugger dieting, January is depressing enough as it is. It’s all about comfort food to me. On special @theroyaloak_w1 creamy chicken & pork belly stew with a buttery suet dumpling 🤠

Back on that sandwich hype 🥳Today’s is rare roast beef, matchstick fries, tarragon mayo and a fried egg 🥪 @theroyaloak_w1

Happy Pieday 🥧 venison vindaloo inside a suet base with a puff pastry top. Served on buttery mash. Toddle pip cold 🤧 @theroyaloak_w1

Open & roasting @theroyaloak_w1 🤙🏼 45 day-aged beef, roasties, celeriac purée, braised red cabbage, heritage carrots, yorkie & gravy. Sunday’s are just the best 👌🏼

Dig into Dan Doherty's giant bacon rosti for #SundayBrunch – just add crispy fried eggs 😍😍😍 bit.ly/2Id7kX8

Working on a new (vegan!) dessert. Coconut & pistachio meringue with a smoked coconut mousse inside. Who knew chickpea slime could be so useful 🤔

From crumpets by @cheftombrown to vegan meringues by Dan Doherty - the dishes making us drool on Instagram this week hot-dinners.com/201901188008/G…

Brown brown brown. There’s little colour here which makes for a dull Instagram pic, but who gives a damn. Creamed roast Cornish Red chicken soup with pearl barley & chives. Bags of flavour. The perfect cure for this weather.

In the wake of the recent newspaper reports, I’ve decided to step away from series two of Britain’s Best Home Cook. I loved my experience of working on the show and wish it every continued success.

I want to say sorry. There are mistruths in what was published but I have made mistakes, mistakes I truly am sorry for.

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