Now I know what your thinking nothing happens in sleepy Norfolk and Suffolk they are the counties you visit for a relaxing holiday. But my working day involved going down the local court and trying to get a paparazzi type shot of some nasty piece of work who was up before the judge that day. It was quite depressing really and not the glamorous International Photographer lifestyle I thought it might be.
It was however working their that I met a great guy call Rob Howarth. He not only was a great door step photographer but he was very creative and had a brilliant eye for a great photograph. His cooking was not to shabby neither. He used to cook a mean steak with oven chips and a peppercorn sauce which he told me he made from scratch but really was from a jar from Tesco's the little tinker.
I remember once watching him sprint down the street outside our digs in Norwich before we got in our cars to go to work. I was a little shocked but reassured I think when he told me he was practicing running away. A technique which was more important than knowing your F stops from your shutter speeds as a newspaper smudger.
I wish I had stayed a bit longer working with Rob I would have learned loads more from him but our paths drifted in other direction and I went more the magazine route where he stayed in Norwich supplying images for the national newspapers.
However recently through Facebook we have caught up a little bit and I am pleased to say he has been following my Food blog and it was after he read my piece on the Crab Linguine recipe that he left me an amazing comment in the comment box at the bottom of the blog post.
bobby said...
Kev you old stud muffin just bought some Cromer crab to give this a try. I was thrown out of Marco Pierre Whites new restaurant in Lavenham by the main man himself last night so I thought I would cheer myself and the Mrs up with Kev's Crab and King Prawn Linguine
Kind Regards
Rob Howarth
Kind Regards
Rob Howarth
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Now I have been working hard over the last 7-8 years to achieve culinary stardom. Rob has not, but in one evening he has achieved such a culinary high that will always out do anything I have or will achieve in my chosen profession. To be thrown out of a restaurant by Marco Pierre White is an honour in itself. Gordon Ramsey threw Joan Collins out of his restaurant once that's the sort of celebrity company Rob is now in. I cannot fill in any details on what occurred as Rob has remained tight lipped since but Rob Howarth I salute you. You are a Culinary legend.
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