Island Life Magazine Ltd April/May 2010 | Page 134
food
Island Life - April/May 2010
Relaxing fishing on a rare day off
A proud moment – Island life food awards, “Restaurant of the Year”
Another way to relax? Doing some home improvement
“Team Hambrough”
restaurant full just because your face was
“I’ve got a Michelin star, I’m in the Good
chips and ketchup? “Yes if that’s what
on TV. That’s just not sustainable.”
Food Guide, and got AA stars. These
they want. Though most people just want
He is engaged to Diana, his pastry
organisations train their inspectors,
a tender steak without blood, and that’s a
chef, and while that might sound like a
they’ve got degrees, they’ve been general
skilled bit of cooking.”
relationship recipe for disaster he explains
managers, they’re the people to listen
that both understanding the pressures of
to.” He adds: “If I lost my Michelin star,
pretend to use only local ingredients.
the kitchen is essential. “At home I cook
I’d be devastated.”
“You just couldn’t, it’s so seasonal.” He’s
really simple things,” he says.
And do they eat out? “Oh yes, a lot,
and that way I get to know how I should
be doing things. Service is crucial.” Their
time-off dining is surprisingly simple. “I
love Pizza Express but got let down when
I brought a group in and they said we
were too late for starters – even though
I’d checked in advance.” When asked
So what about the local on-line
reviewers? “I never start kicking off
“In London you’re a tiny