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Smoked Ashmore Crisp - getting some sun ☀️ -

Smoked Ashmore Crisp - getting some sun ☀️
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Uses: Soups, salads, snacks, just anything with S really…
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#ashmore #cheesemakersofcanterbury #lovecheese #cheesecrisp #crispyaf

“The best dessert I’ve ever had. Like ever, ev

“The best dessert I’ve ever had. Like ever, ever.” - 🤎
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Almond Mocha Sandwich
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Such an honour to cook for some amazing people last week. Still walking on a cloud ☁️

Charred sesame plaice, pickled fennel, tomato fond

Charred sesame plaice, pickled fennel, tomato fondue 👆🏼
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The tomatoes were peeled, deseeded, and cooked very slowly in some olive oil until it’s a pure tomato concentrate. The best thing to do with tomatoes is allow them to shine. I’m a big fan 🙇🏻‍♀️🍅
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Beautifully simple, light starter. Which I’ll certainly be making again. I’ve actually been asked to make it again, so yeah! 😌
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#plaice #fruitsdemer #tomatofondue #barbecuefish

Ending the week on this 🖤 Black Forest Marquis.

Ending the week on this 🖤 Black Forest Marquis. The most decadent way to tie it all up! 🍒
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So grateful for the last few days. Eight events over five days - each one memorable👌🏼
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Huge thank you to @sophschappers who stuck with me from start to finish. We really had some unforgettable experiences 😆 Namely breaking down last night, and Soph pushing my car, with me in it, into a parking spot 💪 #storyofmylife
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If I’m still waking up saying it was an amazing week, we’re doing something right! 💛
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#blackforest #cherries #cherrydessert #chocolatechocolatechocolate

Courgette Babaganoush 🌿 - I roasted these courg

Courgette Babaganoush 🌿
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I roasted these courgettes whole, in olive oil, flaked salt and black pepper, until they feel mushy on the inside. I allowed them to cool, and just scooped out the flesh. 🍃
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I then fried the flesh in olive oil, with pepper, salt and cumin. Just enough spice to enhance, and not ambush, the beautifully delicate courgettes 🌱
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Ate the blistery, salty skins with my dinner 🤸‍♀️
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#courgettebabaganoush

Apricot cheesecake, ricotta, raw wildflower honey

Apricot cheesecake, ricotta, raw wildflower honey 🧡
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Great cheesecake, great hand 💁‍♀️
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📸 @sophschappers

Whipping up TWO feasts for this evening! What an a

Whipping up TWO feasts for this evening! What an amazing week - don’t know if I mentioned 🤓
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Couldn’t do it without @sophschappers this week. Actual legend 🍒
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Also this meringue. What a beaut! 🍦

Green beans in harissa & confit garlic butter 🤸

Green beans in harissa & confit garlic butter 🤸‍♀️
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Can’t get over last night’s dinner. Magical. Love being back doing this you know 💛
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#theopensandwich #theopen2021 #greenbeans #harissa #ilovemyjob

Sweet & sour tomatoes. A chutney of sorts, but war

Sweet & sour tomatoes. A chutney of sorts, but warm and fresh 🍅
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I’m cooking four different menus for guests staying in Sandwich for The Open this week ⛳️
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An honour having a Major Championship like this one so close to home 👏
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A big week of exciting cooking ahead. Feeling so ready for it 💪
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Now bring the sun!! ☀️😝
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#tomatoes #tomatochutney

Peach Melba Slices out by the dozens this weekend

Peach Melba Slices out by the dozens this weekend 🍑 🙌🙌
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Turned all the cooked peaches into peach floats - ruddy delicious!
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#peachfloat
#lifesapeach #peachesandcream #peachmelba #peachtotheirown #summerdessert
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Find @staple_stores and @gbpizzacomargate all weekend 🤩

Plating up last weekend’s Beef Wellington at and

Plating up last weekend’s Beef Wellington at and actual dinner party with actual people sitting at a table together ❤️
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Happy Birthday Tim! 🥳

It’s taken long enough! One sneaky delivery menu

It’s taken long enough! One sneaky delivery menu in before the summer delivery pause 🚚
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Apologies in advance for how quick this is going to go! I’ve had many messages asking about it. Thank you all!! Really excited to be cooking for all of you again!
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If you don’t manage this one, I’m back officially in October, after all these weddings and events are complete ☺️❤️
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Menu descriptions:
🐟 Sea Trout - a little salad, with pickles, greens & sesame with baked, flaked sea trout
🐟 Slow roasted lamb shoulder, pak choi & baked aubergine, wrapped in layers of filo pastry - ready to bake in the oven!
🐟 Very similar to the lamb, but a vegetarian version of events, made with the amazing Tunworth Soft cheese 🧀
🐟 Lightly fried tomatoes & courgettes, in a handmade basil pesto
🐟 New potatoes, fried and tossed in olive oil, parsley, lemon & garlic
🐟 Layers of sponge, peach jelly, raspberry curd & a vanilla mousse - seasonal and light 🍑
🐟 Viking Bakehouse sourdough, for all of you who have been missing it! 🙋‍♀️
🐟 And we’ve gone for jam for the doughnuts - since it’s just the one menu!
🐟 Selection of olives, tapenade, pesto & smoked garlic oil!
🐟 Gorgeous coffee. My entire kitchen roof may have fallen through - but one thing remained consistent - I had fantastic coffee throughout! 💚💛💗 Thank you @weareherecoffee ! In ground, beans - also decaf! Just ask in notes.
🐟 @jamfacejams - barbecue weather is coming - I promise! You must have your chipotle and habanero jam available for when it does! 🔥
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Roof update: still no roof. But I’m not working around the debris, I have a new system going, and it’ll do for now!
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Friday delivery up to 12 miles from CT9 - payment by bank transfer ❤️
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Link in Bio!

Cherry stoning - so satisfying 🤗 - Sorry not so

Cherry stoning - so satisfying 🤗
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Sorry not sorry for all the cherry posts. Cherries have arrived and they’re not here for long! 🍒
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Making the most of this and preserving the ones I’ve got. Always order an extra kilo #eatasyougo #chefstreats 😬

And here it is! In all it’s glory! Dark cherry &

And here it is! In all it’s glory! Dark cherry & almond brownie, caramelised almond, white chocolate, praline & sour cherry 🍒
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Super proud of this one! Find @staple_stores in Broadstairs AND Westgate as of this morning!! ALSO at @gbpizzacomargate all week!
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Oh - and it’s entirely vegan! 🌱 Thank you @cocospantryloves for your milk free white chocolate and your sour cherries! 🙏

Dark chocolate & cherry brownie and caramelised al

Dark chocolate & cherry brownie and caramelised almond 🤎
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Getting there! A couple more layers to go 🍒 #newdessert #vegan

Cherries, cherries, cherries 🍒 - Macerated, co

Cherries, cherries, cherries 🍒
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Macerated, cooked, and a splash of booze - because cherries and booze are 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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This is stage one of a new vegan dessert I’m working on. I will take you through the stages - so hopeful that this is gonna be a special one! 🔥
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#cherries #vegan #vegandessert #stepbystep

Not quite there with this roof yet! It’s felted

Not quite there with this roof yet! It’s felted and battened, completely water tight, but plaster, dust, insulation and wood chips still falling in the kitchen. Not food safe yet I’m afraid!
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I will still go ahead with anybody who pre booked for occasions this weekend. I’m going to do these safely in another space. However I definitely won’t be managing delivery menu this coming weekend. It’s too big a job! 💔
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Almost there 💪💪💪

Burratina, marinated courgettes, proper pesto 🌿

Burratina, marinated courgettes, proper pesto 🌿 Take me back to this summer’s day!! (aka - last week 🙄)

Delivery menu written and all raring to go - then

Delivery menu written and all raring to go - then this happens! The torrential rain was the last straw for a couple of broken roof tiles and lo and behold, the kitchen ceiling came crashing down! 😖
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I was working in that exact spot all day long, until I left the house for ten minutes to pick up the boys, and in those ten minutes, this happened!! 😨
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Fortunately I had packed all my wedding prep away too. So yes, dreadful situation, but nothing short of a miracle!
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WILL be back on deliveries ASAP! Just not this week as planned, as it’s very much raining in my workspace at the moment 🤪
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Hope you’re all keeping well! X

What are you doing today? Yeah, don’t do that, i

What are you doing today? Yeah, don’t do that, instead… look out onto the stormy Margate sands while eating an incredible pizza @gbpizzacomargate (go for the nduja for sure!!) and finishing with one of these pecan brownies ⛈

It doesn’t get more simple than this. I would go

It doesn’t get more simple than this. I would go so far as to say that this was the star of the day! The weather coming in at a close second. Fresh spaghetti, lemon & pepper cream 🍋
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Special thank you to @bottegacaruso for their help and advice. If you’re going to learn, may it be from the best 🙏
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#spaghetti #lemonpepperpasta #freshspaghetti

Canon of lamb, Ras el hanout crust, Israeli cous c

Canon of lamb, Ras el hanout crust, Israeli cous cous, labneh, sumac 👌🏼
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The couple’s wedding menu that was going ahead last year had more of a Middle Eastern street food vibe, so I created this dish as one of the courses on their ‘reinvented’ special day, as a nod to what would have been 🙏
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#labneh #sumac #middleeasternfood #lamb #raselhanout #israelicouscous #weddingfood

Asparagus, Pecorino & whole almond tarte fine 👌

Asparagus, Pecorino & whole almond tarte fine 👌🏼
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Swipe to see the process, from finish to start!
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Puff pastry, Pecorino bechamel, asparagus, Pecorino, crushed roasted almonds 🤩
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Just one of the many courses at last weekend’s beautiful wedding 🍃
#asparagus #tartefine #asparagustart #puffpastry #picnicideas #weddingfood #pecorino

First wedding of 2021 and the bar is high!! What a

First wedding of 2021 and the bar is high!! What an incredible day. Started very emotionally with even the staff (🙋‍♀️) welling up! And ended in the pool. As I now feel that all weddings should end! ☀️
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The couple aren’t huge fans of sweet things, so their wedding cake was a giant pork pie, of course!! This doubled up as their evening food, inspired!
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Swipe to see the process unfurl.
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Here’s to Emily and Peter 🥂 We got there in the end! And it was all the more special for it ❤️
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#2020weddingreimagined #porkpie #porkpieweddingcake #porkpieweddingcakedecoratedinflowers #piccalilli #weddingcake #hotwatercrust

Peach Melba Slice 🍑 - The lightest sponge. Ras

Peach Melba Slice 🍑
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The lightest sponge. Raspberry curd. Poached peach jelly. Vanilla mousse. Freeze dried raspberries. Could actually have this for breakfast, in the garden, with a cuppa. This will definitely be on the delivery menu in a couple of weeks! 💛💗🧡🤍❤️

Weddings, the sun, and the ever popular, and highl

Weddings, the sun, and the ever popular, and highly delcious crab tart - welcome June! 🦀
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This smell in my home kitchen is truly special. So happy to be back doing my weddings and events. Doesn’t mean the deliveries are done with. I just found something else I love doing, and I’m not ready to stop it yet!
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Just made some big commitments to couples who are making big commitments to each other 🥰

So happy you love eating them as much as I love ma

So happy you love eating them as much as I love making them!
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Guinness Mousse Brownies 🖤
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#guinness #butdessertthough

Morning! This will be the last one for a couple of

Morning! This will be the last one for a couple of weeks, and as you know summer is going to be very sparse on the delivery menu front! I have made sure the first two dishes freeze very well just in case anyone wanted to start backing up - I know I’ve had many requests for this!
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🍆 Grilled aubergine bake, made with layers of spinach, a slow roasted tomato sauce and a Tunworth soft bechamel (right?!?). Can also be made cheese free of course!
🍆 Lamb Kleftiko - this is unusual for me to bring something back on the menu within the same month! However this was very popular, and is sealed well so will be perfect for the freezer!
🍆 Pak choi, halved and fried, with an almond & globe artichoke dressing
🍆 Roasted sweet potato, mange tout, & an apple chutney style dressing
🍆 Guinness brownie - because it’s been a few weeks. And try as I might, this remains the favourite!! 🖤
🍆 Viking Bakehouse sourdough loaf - this freezes very well and refreshes in the oven - if you needed backup! The jam doughnuts don’t though, so eat them all up on the day 🤭
🍆 The olives have a nice long date on them so feel free to back up for the next couple of months!
🍆 @weareherecoffee - back yourselves up friends! We have a new puppy, I’m ordering triple amounts! 😳
🍆 And all the @jamfacejams you need for bbq season. I’ve heard it’s coming!! 🤞🏼
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Link in Bio to order!
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Thank you all and I’m sorry if you’re don’t get in this week. Really going to be stopping early with back up orders and bank holiday weekend! I’ll be back soon though 💛
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Jess x

Meet Sunday 💛

Lemon. White chocolate. Strawberry. Pistachio. 🍓
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My kinda sandwich! 🍋
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Layers and layers, all complementing each other. Bringing summer to this rainy spring 😅
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Also, gluten free!
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Find @staple_stores and @gbpizzacomargate
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Hope you all had a good week and were able to sit inside a restaurant/cafe/pub/cinema! ❤️

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