Slow Cooked

We try not to hire professional chefs, or at least not very experienced ones. Perhaps we are being unfair, but we know that a lifetime of feeding people can make chefs a bit careless, a bit callous with food, and we want our food to be handled with the care of a home cook feeding loved ones. So rather than skill, we are looking for heart. Sometimes (rarely) this policy works.

Giorgia was the first one to join; a cake fanatic, she treats pastry like it’s a martial art – seriously, with fierce determination. We were very lucky to find Julia (she says she found us), whose heart is as great as her skills and who has a palate to match; she now runs our kitchen with Polish determination and her unique cheer.