My favourite pictures of the year.

OK glamour sells but Rachel Allen has some great everyday recipes that work. Unlike some Celebrity chefs cook books ! Ok I just want to say I did not take this lovely picture of Rachel Allen it was on the web ! I think it is from a Dublin photographer called Peter Bowen, I love the look he and his team have created.

Pretty waitress at Town Wall, Pink Lane in Newcastle. Believe it or not she is a photographer by day !

Andrew clueless in kitchen terms but a top lad.

Head Chef Colin took the job at Town Wall after I set most of it up. He is putting his own mark on the place now get down their now and eat his great food !

Lovely.

John, did not want to be a chef and made my life a misery with his poached eggs tantrums but has some ability !

Me

Emily is a good cook but better at taking photographs at the moment. Run with it Emily. Check out her Face book page its awesome !

me..well it is my blog ! ha ha !

My favourite pic of the year. Captain Jack a great lad (mums not too bad either..o yes sorry Jack ! ha ha) and Mark a great bloke to me at a marquee wedding I did for him in May. A great experience turning out 4 courses for 140 people from a domestic kitchen in someones Lottery wining house ! Typical pretty waitresses grazing on whatever they can find in the background to help them through a 15 hour day !

Pretty waitresses. look after them on the food front and they will do anything for you  !

mmmmm.....Roast pork with crackling !

Venison Chorizo.

Venison Chorizo quiche.

Bonjour Fred.

Sweet Check !

Deep fried foot with chips !

Finger licking good !

Lamb rump.....expensive but discovery of the year !

This is Houston we are landing on the the surface of the Shepard pie moon !

loved the light as a photographer !

Roasted garlic ! stick it in the microwave to soften it if you want instead of roasting it ! Cowboy chef territory !

In search of fish !

King prawns.....mmmmmm !

Sometimes as a photographer you have to go over your contact sheets again and again to find a good image ! Missed this when I did this post but another favourite picture of mine.

Strawberries ! in season what else do you need for a summer pud ?

The badge !

Following other bloggers sometimes shakes your recipe mind ! Coke a cola ham with a rum glaze was a favourite which I put on the menu at my time at the Dunstanburgh Castle hotel, Embleton, Northumberland.

OK its Halloween another sitting to go ! I took this picture of Mark and Billy from the Treehouse with a sore back sitting on top of a stock pan for a break during another 14 hour day.

Garlic croutons.

Awesome Autumn soup !

Go Kev its your Birthday !

Love the light on this pic.

A mountain of Parmesan cheese.

Sometimes its not all about 14 hour days and being knackered. Their are some good agency jobs like this Nursery job for 3 weeks in Newcastle. The classes were named after animals and they liked the food so much they gave me a lovely card on my last day. Thank you Dolphins...Butterflies...Caterpillars......Ladybirds..!

Tuna !

Spice mix !

Smoked Paprika !

While re-attaching myself with a love of photography I got cold and wet !

Kelvin..top Chef....taught me so much this year and hope I can move up another level next year.

Never have and never will meet a more selfish work individual as Dave. Takes no orders from THE MAN. Does not  help me but I love the bloody bloke ! Cannot wait to see you on the Body building Active Channel ! x

love light !

Soup !

New camera test.

Chicken and Chorizo hotpot.

OK a 18 year old, 6 ft 5 nephew is for life and not just for Xmas !
" Do not drink too much and while sober do not park your mums car in a bush while she is on holiday ! " Are helpful tips  that I suggested to him this year but did he listen ?.....no chance !