Just got through the final layout for our shoot in the Gourmand ...
It s called "the serpent that ate it's own head. Its looking great and due out round the start of June....
On the day of the shoot I was banging on about how good smoked eel was so once we had finished shooting the eel shot I made a massive chicory eel and bacon salad, which we all smashed in about 5 minutes.... recipe is included with the article....yeah!
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Friday, 10 May 2013
Bird Of Smithfield
Just had an amazing lunch and the newly opened Bird Of Smithfield.
My old mate Alan who I know through my time at Caprice Holdings has just opened a four floor, restaurant cocktail bar and roof terrace. Menu is Britsih and wonderful.
I had Mushrooms, onions and wild Garlic on toast followed by chicken : roasted great, stuffing, stuffed leg, and a heart and kidney salad: It was all perfect, the nicest meal I ve had in a long time: Big things to come from this place: Keep an eye on this as a venue
My old mate Alan who I know through my time at Caprice Holdings has just opened a four floor, restaurant cocktail bar and roof terrace. Menu is Britsih and wonderful.
I had Mushrooms, onions and wild Garlic on toast followed by chicken : roasted great, stuffing, stuffed leg, and a heart and kidney salad: It was all perfect, the nicest meal I ve had in a long time: Big things to come from this place: Keep an eye on this as a venue
Charlotte Olympia
Another good start to the day began with a phone call from my friend and amazing set design: ANdy Lavin (http://andrewlavin.co.uk/).
I worked with him on Harrods and Cidade Jardim in Brazil. His work is amazing, see below.
So we are both working on Charlotte Olympia next week. Photographer and wife Julia Kennedy will be shooting so can't wait to get stuck in.... here is some of her Previous Charlotte O work.
PArt of the regular team on these shoots is another amazing artist: Laura Quick, she works with Andy and JUles all the time and her work I think of as Illustrated stand up: killer. Here's the Link
http://thedailythink.wordpress.com/
What a team to be part of.... roll on next week
I worked with him on Harrods and Cidade Jardim in Brazil. His work is amazing, see below.
http://thedailythink.wordpress.com/
What a team to be part of.... roll on next week
THIS WEEK and NExt
Had a great week. Both shoots with Chris Terry and Fulvio went really well, On wednesday I packed up what little kit I was allowed and headed to Heathrow terminal 5. We were doing some shots of the food at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant Plane food.
After much queueing and waiting for passed we finally got through to the restaurant. Caesar the Head chef was a legend and worked with me plating up the food. It all looked great, His chimiuchurri was an eye opener as before my only experience of this was a somewhat gritty grain dried oregano mouthful.
The day was not without Drama though, the interviewer pressed some buttons and the interviews was cut short, happily my bit was unaffected but I think the rest of our crew were a bit disappointed to say the least.
Yesterday s shoot went really well. A nice still life Shoot for DDB and John Lewis. It looked amazing, took some a while but the result was a very happy client. Fulvio's lighting was brilliant and it was a fascinating day.
bring on next week....
After much queueing and waiting for passed we finally got through to the restaurant. Caesar the Head chef was a legend and worked with me plating up the food. It all looked great, His chimiuchurri was an eye opener as before my only experience of this was a somewhat gritty grain dried oregano mouthful.
The day was not without Drama though, the interviewer pressed some buttons and the interviews was cut short, happily my bit was unaffected but I think the rest of our crew were a bit disappointed to say the least.
Yesterday s shoot went really well. A nice still life Shoot for DDB and John Lewis. It looked amazing, took some a while but the result was a very happy client. Fulvio's lighting was brilliant and it was a fascinating day.
bring on next week....
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
some previous work....
Here is a shoot which I did with the super talented Catherine Losing, former assistant to Lacey Catherine is truly amazing. We did this ice cream shoot for the Independent Fashion special.
Hope you like it....
The reason for this recap is to get you ready for one of my latest pieces of work, also with Catherine which basically kicks this one all over the park. Coming soon in The Gourmand magazine..
It's graphic and very extreme.... get ready.....
THIS week....
Had an amazing hot sunny weekend at the Street Feast London!
Friday me, the kids and the neighbours all piled into Street feast. It was great, had some amazing meringue Eton Mess from @Meringuegirls, 5 perfect meringue, stripped with colour and mixed with cream, raspberry sauce and crispy raspberry pieces.... my idea of a great pudding.
Had a quick reunion with all of my festival amigos, JD and Alex at the Rotary bar, Big apple hot dogs and of course the Roach or Meatloaf as he is now calling himself believe it or not.
The food and vibes were awesome, and only putting the kids to bed made us not stay longer.
On Sunday we headed up to Dalston for another dose of @StreetfeastLDN. This time catching with the masters of fish: @fishdogs. The perfect fish finger served hot dog style with tartare and chips.
They also sell churros with a caramel sauce which was awesome.
Today see me doing some prep for a couple of jobs: one shoot with the amazing Chris Terry: Gordon Ramsay and plane food being the subject.
Chris is great and I am really looking forward to working with him again, last time we worked together it was a 20 shot in a day marathon. This time we are talking 3 shots and some portraits( which won't involve me at all). Much more manageable. Here is some of Chris' amazing work below.
Had an amazing hot sunny weekend at the Street Feast London!
Friday me, the kids and the neighbours all piled into Street feast. It was great, had some amazing meringue Eton Mess from @Meringuegirls, 5 perfect meringue, stripped with colour and mixed with cream, raspberry sauce and crispy raspberry pieces.... my idea of a great pudding.
Had a quick reunion with all of my festival amigos, JD and Alex at the Rotary bar, Big apple hot dogs and of course the Roach or Meatloaf as he is now calling himself believe it or not.
The food and vibes were awesome, and only putting the kids to bed made us not stay longer.
On Sunday we headed up to Dalston for another dose of @StreetfeastLDN. This time catching with the masters of fish: @fishdogs. The perfect fish finger served hot dog style with tartare and chips.
They also sell churros with a caramel sauce which was awesome.
Today see me doing some prep for a couple of jobs: one shoot with the amazing Chris Terry: Gordon Ramsay and plane food being the subject.
Chris is great and I am really looking forward to working with him again, last time we worked together it was a 20 shot in a day marathon. This time we are talking 3 shots and some portraits( which won't involve me at all). Much more manageable. Here is some of Chris' amazing work below.
Thursday sees my first job for John Lewis. My mate Sam's agency has teamed me up with an amazing Italian Photographer called Fulvio Bonavia. His work : below is gorgeous so very excited to be working with him too....
What an exciting week... new clients, photographers and interesting work too. What more could I ask for.
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