The Roux Scholarship 2013: An interview with Michel Roux Snr. and Brain Turner

For many professional chefs under the age of 30 the ultimate competition to win is the Roux Scholarship. Started in 1984, by brothers Albert and Michel Roux, this is the premier competition in the cooking world, and the winner gets the opportunity to work as an apprentice in any 3 star Michelin restaurant in the...

Allergy and Free From Show at Olympia

Being a huge foodie, I often find myself visiting various food markets and events at the weekend. But this was the best food event that I have been to in a long time, simply because I could eat most of the samples. I know that going to any food event should not be about the...

Tim (aka my Dad) donates another £5000 to charity

Flight Sergeant Tim Pidoux has raised another £5000 for a leading military charity.  Flt. Sgt. Pidoux donated the money to the Royal Air Forces Association in May after court mounting over 2000 medals for Servicemen and women, and now Police Officers and Ambulance drivers. After his first charity donation to Help for Heroes, Tim continued...

Food for Thought and I talk to Donal Skehan

The one great thing about my job is that I get to meet and talk to a lot of people about what they do for a living and I get to hold people to account. On this occasion I was lucky enough to talk to a young chef about his new television show on Good...