A KITCHEN WITH A VIEW !

It Seems that for most of this year I have been working in kitchens that have had no windows supplying fresh air and natural daylight to illuminate them.
You can however hear the constant whirr and feel a little low level of suction from the kitchens extractor fan as it slowly extracts smoke from grills, chefs B O and any black clouds that form above the fryers or the chefs come to think of it !
Well my luck has changed because for the past few Sundays and Mondays I have been working at a lovely family run hotel in Embleton called the Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel.
The Hotel is on the road between the sleepy Kipper famous village of Craster and the almost cosmopolitan in comparison village of Seahouses which is not quite as famous for its smoked Kippers as Craster but are just as good in my opinion.
This kitchen has a window. OK not much passes my window and it overlooks a path to the beach and not the garden at the Playboy mansion but it is so refreshing to be able to look out and see proper daylight and not relying normally on a  kitchens bright neon Fly terminator screwed to the wall for a bit of light.
Fresh air is also something missing in most kitchens but not here all you have to do is open the window and heh presto fresh air floods in ! how cool is that !
I am here for a few more weeks and intend on making the most of this little god send you never know I might even lose my pasty looking skin complexion and become a bronzed adonis ! ha ha !

Don't be fooled by the sky dish ! A kitchen with sky sports on tap would just be too silly !

Stewart canny lad !

Ashley is from Staffordshire and has just spent time with his wife working in Switzerland as A Ski Chalet Chef !

On the days I am their I am in charge. And when I get Cheek from the other two chefs I point to the badge on my shoulder and tell them to respect the badge ! Its then I usually get pelted with bread buns.

Oatmeal cakes made by hand and served with delicious  Craster Kipper pate.

Not some clever bit of Chef Molecular Gastromony just my Berwick Edge cheese, chicken, pickle, tomato, beef, roast potato sandwich on Sunday. Well I was a bit hungry and not sure what I wanted so I had the lot ! Ha Ha !

 Chievot Lamb Loin served with a Madiera and wild Mushroom  jus !

Even in Black and White Coke a Cola boiled Gammon glazed in honey looks Fab ! We serve it with a Pease pudding fritter and Wholegrain mustard sauce ! Very warming !

 Sorry but this was homemade Duck Spring Rolls but by the time I got round to photographing them we had sold out ! But its a great shot of the lovely serving dishes they have at the hotel !

Sorry again but this is Lamb and redcurrant stew on Colcannon Mash but again I was too late to photograph the dish and Owen the pot washer who was having the last portion in the building was not too pleased when he was trying to eat his staff tea and I was trying to photograph it ! Sorry Owen.

Kate a lovely girl who works front of house but has unfortunately got her hand stuck to her face and cannot drink her Tea  anyone with a cure for this condition please ring the Hotel immediately !

Libby nice girl but does not like having her picture taken. Shame.

Me and my window.