Archive for July, 2008

It’s Difficult to Explain

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Everyone always asks is a top kitchen as bad as they make it look on the TV, and this week once again the spotlight is on the personalities, and pressure of top chef’s and their desire to succeed.
I’ve worked in at least 10 Michelin Star restaurants over a very fairly long career and there is [...]

Sign of The Times

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Another week gone and it’s just flying by, all a bit of a blur really, but all still so amazing. Numerous visits from a Celebrity Chef’s team who appear desperate to know what we’re up to and a lovely article yesterday from Tony Turnbull in The Times Magazine.I think at first we were a little [...]

Should We Be Flattered?

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

We’ve heard that a couple of our very nice customers weren’t just being nice because they liked us, it was because a certain high-profile celebrity TV chef is thinking about opening a similar concept later in the year and they wanted to find out more.
We’re more than happy to talk to people about what we’re [...]

Nice to Meet You

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

It’s been fantastic over the past few weeks to have met so many great neighbours. We’ve been open, but not running full sessions, and the amount of support and interest we’ve had has reaffirmed our belief that the village of Parsons Green was the perfect location for The Kitchen.
We’ve also loved being at the Fair, [...]

Pressing Matters

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

I think everyone involved in launching a new business is always nervous when it comes to opening the doors. There’s that period where you think you have a good idea, but you wonder whether the customer you’ve created the business for is going to think the same. Things become even more nerve racking when you [...]