Phil’s Blog

Just think about this, an Englishman, specialising in British food in Italy, cooking risotto for Positano’s mayor? Of course, it doesn’t really fit, [...]

My whistle-stop trip to this fabulous area in Northern Italy started with a 2-hour drive from Venice airport. We could have flown to [...]

Over the years, I have been fortunate to have visited Norway a few times and also cooked and filmed there. On one occasion, [...]

We hop into a bus and head off to downtown Kowloon to the restaurant Hutong, which overlooks the main Hong Kong Island.

My older brother lives and works in Cambodia for some government led initiative.

The train is beautiful, wood and veneer panelling from ceiling to floor.

Right on time Sungkom (my butler one of three on my far east journey) knocks and brings in my coffee tray.

Not for the first time this trip I have a Keith Floyd moment in the back of my mind.

It’s a heavy mix of Malay, and Chinese with a dash of India and even Japan.

Dinner is a formal affair, bit too formal for me, including jacket and yes a tie.

Day 1 Some years ago, I was fortunate to get involved with an initiative to get British products and companies into Norway. This [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I took my wife to Venice for a short break. It was from Thursday to Sunday. FLIGHTS BA, [...]

I have been to the Isles of Scilly (not the Scilly isles, apparently) a couple of times before.

I cook John's Sark scallops with Bramley apple sauce, and black pudding.

Back to the seaweed bath.

hat night we rushed back to Moo Baa Oinc to eat the Welsh Black steaks.

The other attraction of course is the apes, not monkeys.

The square is lined by coffee shops and restaurants, and is normally the hangout to petanque players.

From the nursery, first year old's up to the fully-grown beasts all very carefully looked after.

Roquefort was one of the first cheeses in France to be given the Appellation d’Origine contrôlée in 1925. The unique caves where the cheese is [...]

Bruges is the Belgium centre of chocolate, a beautiful small and very clean city with a fabulous reputation for homemade chocolates and pralines.

The over sweet, pink tinged jelly that your grandma scoffed on Boxing Day is a far cry from the sweet I help make [...]

Mattozzi, Naples oldest pizzerias, was heaving producing averaging some 300 pizzas per day.

Having never been to this Portugal before I didn't really know what to expect, but what a trip we had.

The scenery is spectacular and it's worth driving yourself, just take your time, and care.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/hiAxM1nN07s After a long flight, we finally arrived at Ferihegy Budapest airport. We had been delayed for about 3 hours. The first thing [...]

We flew to Seville and were met by a friendly chap called Miguel Ulibarri. He is responsible for overseeing all the PR concerning [...]

I never thought there was so much to keeping bees and making honey. I was wrong!

Head chef Philippe Colombet spends his days dreaming up wonderful new flavours to add to mustard.

The view was breathtaking, literally, at nearly 12,000 feet I struggled to breathe.

My latest trip abroad has taken me to a few places I have never been to before and one that I haven’t visited [...]

With a fashionable rash of tapas bars springing up across the UK, it seemed timely to head for tapas’ ancestral home of Spain [...]

I am the first to admit the Canary islands off the coast of Africa were pretty much off my radar until my Producer [...]

Early start to get to Billingsgate by 4 am, to meet the top man himself Mick Jenrick. This man has been looking after [...]

If I say, Crimson King, Lorna Doone, King’s Favourite – you might think I’m talking about racehorses, pantomime characters, or at a push [...]

While not truly British this Irish bakery is just too good to not mention. Welcome to Irwin’s and the world of Irish breads. [...]

The bustling market town of Melton Mowbray, nestled in the heart of rural Leicestershire, is renowned for its distinctive, traditionally cooked Pork Pies [...]

Caerphilly is a traditional Welsh cheese. It is named after the town and county in South Wales, where it was first produced by [...]

Mark & Richard Duerr have been running the family business since dad handed over the reins some years ago. Mainly concentrating on marmalade, [...]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/KwPWbvzRx50 The rhubarb process has always fascinated me, my father used to grow the main crop variety in large amounts. At home, we [...]

https://youtu.be/c1zCuc_fS1Y Sarah Nelson’s Grasmere Gingerbread shop lies in the heart of the English Lake District National Park, just north of Lake Windermere. This [...]

Rodda’s is renowned worldwide for the production of Cornwall’s most famous delicacy, clotted cream, and whether the outlet is a corner shop, a [...]

The tradition of dry salting and home rearing of pigs has been passed through the family for generations. The animals are raised outdoors [...]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZU2edxuDltk Les Salisbury has been shrimping now for the best part of 50 years, his company is one only a handful left to [...]

What a great place to film, the last time I went to Faversham was with the school all those years ago. The place [...]