From the country to the town at Fortnum and Mason
Well, the post-Christmas period is typically a time of ‘calm after the storm’, not for me this year! On a personal note, I have finally upped sticks from
Business-wise, Giancarlo and I have been here, there and everywhere tending to our various businesses and collaborations that we are involved with. This week we are honoured to be at the great British establishment Fortnum and Masons where we are demonstrating Italian recipes from our cookbook in the cookery section upstairs. Not only that the recipes are also featuring on the menu at their ‘Gallery’ restaurant. We really are chuffed as it is the first time that they have done a collaboration like this. The staff have been a delight to work with and made the journey out to Bray to train with our staff at ‘Caldesi in Campagna’. Speaking of which this, our latest ‘baby in Bray’, is going from strength to strength and two weeks ago we received a rave review from the formidable Jay Rayner from the Observer Magazine, so all that hard work is paying off. My other ongoing project for this year is my cookery book that is coming out next year and as this will feature over 400 recipes I have a lot of work on my hands, speaking of which I better get testing…..