Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  1. Review: The Wensleydale Heifer, Wensleydale — 16 June 2025
  2. Review: The Aysgarth Falls Hotel, Aysgarth — 16 June 2025
  3. Review: The Sandpiper, Leyburn — 16 June 2025
  4. Review: The Rat Inn, Anick — 16 June 2025
  5. Review: The Beaumont, Hexham — 16 June 2025

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Review: 5 North Street, Winchcombe

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Fine dining, Michelin, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

14 March 2014

It was very good of the owner of 5 North Street to phone me up a few hours before our booking to explain that they had no other bookings that evening. Not “…so we’re not going to open, sorry” as I’ve heard of happening elsewhere but “…so you’ll be alone in the restaurant, if you …

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Review: The Daffodil, Cheltenham

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

26 February 2014

I was getting a distinct sense of deja vu. I was reading the menu at The Daffodil and a dish jumped out at me from the starters: steak tartare with corned beef. Hang on, didn’t Maureen have steak tartare with corned beef at Le Champignon Sauvage last weekend? My gaze wandered into the main courses …

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Review: Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham

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Fine dining, Michelin, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

12 February 2014

In my most exhuberant burst of foody behaviour yet, I’ve moved house and am now only ten minutes’ walk away from my nearest two-star Michelin restaurant! Because it’s important to have a good neighbourhood eatery for those Friday nights when you really can’t be bothered to cook, right? The restaurant in question is Le Champignon …

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In which I go on a cookery course

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Events and Visits

1 February 2014

So, for anyone who has tried any of the recipes on this blog I have a confession to make: the last cookery lesson I had was Home Economics at school, where as a twelve-year-old I turned out a thick, misshapen but edible pizza topped with tuna and cheese. Hey, I said edible, not delicious. And …

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One of those hiatus things

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General Articles

18 January 2014

I haven’t posted a blog in a couple of months now. But I very much haven’t stopped blogging, I’ve just paused. We’ve moved house. As usual, that has involved lots of things going into boxes and coming out of boxes, and lots of other boxes being stacked in one room, then moved to another. There’s …

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