Bars And Restaurants

Martin Baines from Horse & Farrier

Kitchen Re-Porter By Sarah Sinclair Martin Baines has been cooking Sunday roasts since he was still at school. He believes in keeping things fresh and likes to experiment with seasonal ingredients on his menu at the Horse and Farrier in Threlkeld, where he has been head chef for nine years. A chef for 16 years […]

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Honest Lawyer back up and running

Honest Lawyer Honest Lawyer is celebrating a successful few months of trading following the devastating floods that washed through Cockermouth late last year. After a difficult five months the restaurant is now back up and running and has undergone an extensive renovation complete with modern interiors, new furniture and equipment. Running the business with his […]

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Cockermouth Pub’s Celebrity Chef Re-Launch

The Belle Vue Inn prepares for re-launch as The Spotted Pig. Foodies in Cockermouth will be licking their lips as a town pub is being transformed with the help of a local celebrity chef consultant and a newly appointed head chef. Formerly known as The Belle Vue Inn, the new pub is planning a spectacular […]

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Kitchen Reporter: The Old Bank City Pub & Chop House

Kitchen Re-Porter – The Old Bank City Pub and Chop House 26-year-old Matt Rayson is the owner and head chef at The Old Bank City Pub and Chop House in Carlisle. He has been working in the catering industry since he was just 13-years-old and has climbed the ladder to eventually owning his own restaurant. […]

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ONE hell of a chef

When Ricky Andalicio moved to Whitehaven in the late 90s to open his first restaurant, Zest Low Road, he changed the experience of eating out in Whitehaven, little did he know he’d eventually change the way we look at our local cuisine with a string of appearances on BBC One’s The One Show.   Ricky has […]

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Home Grown Cumbrian Grub: Ennerdale Brewery

There’s little better than finishing off a hot summer’s day on the fells or traipsing around the lakes than by falling wearily into one of the areas many pubs and bars and taking the first refreshing sip of ale. Cumbria has a huge range of breweries ready to quench that thirst, one in particular is […]

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Kitchen Re – porter – Tarantella

Kitchen Re-Porter – Tarantella Anton O’Donnell has been head chef at Italian restaurant, Tarantella, in Cockermouth since it opened in 2007. With eight years service under his belt, nothing gets past Anton, with his kitchen motto being ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’. What is your favourite ingredient to cook with? It has to be […]

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