OFM Awards 2018: Best Place to Drink – Public, Sheffield
The discreet bar in a former gents’ toilet below Sheffield’s council HQ is this year’s readers’ choice. Just don’t call it a speakeasyBest Place to Drink – the runners upBut for an ashtray screwed to...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Newcomer – Cornerstone, London
With the skills he gained under Nathan Outlaw, Cornerstone chef Tom Brown’s fish-only menu is a classic in the makingThe menu at Cornerstone, Tom Brown’s restaurant in Hackney Wick, east London, is...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Lifetime Achievement – Simon Hopkinson
First he revolutionised British restaurants, then he redefined cookery writing. The eternally influential ‘Hoppy’ is the winner of this judges’ awardWhen he was in his first job, a junior chef at La...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Readers’ Recipe – salsicce siciliani con rigatoni
The OFM judges have named a pasta dish with a citrus twist by reader Mike Oehlers this year’s winnerAs a young boy growing up in Germany, I inevitably developed a lust for würst – there are so many to...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Instagram Feed – Soulful Baker
Julie Jones documents kitchen life with her mum, who has dementia, and the healing she finds in baking cakes. And OFM readers loved her Instagram feed.At 30, after office-based jobs, Julie Jones...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Young Chef of the Year – Chris McClurg
From his first job at 16, our judges’ choice was hooked on service – and he’s after seven years with Paul Ainsworth at No 6 in Padstow, he’s never stopped learningWhen Chris McClurg landed in Cornwall...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Independent Retailer – runners-up
Delis, farm shops, organics and more, as voted by OFM readersBest Independent Retailer 2018The Butchery Ltd, Forest HillThe retail arm of the acclaimed whole-carcass butchers, which specialises in rare...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Independent Retailer – Farmison & Co
OFM readers have voted for this Yorkshire-based online butcher with a passion for provenance, cut and conditioning as their retailer of the yearBest Independent Retailer – runners-upOver the past seven...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Producer – Mary Holbrook, Sleight Farm
The Somerset farmer, chosen for this judges’ award, doesn’t need hi-tech gear to know when her goat’s cheese is at its best: it’s all down to how it looks and feelsEvery Tuesday Mary Holbrook drives...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Ethical Food project – runners-up
From green cafes to pop-up supper clubs, readers’ choices of the UK’s best sustainable enterprisesBest Ethical Food Project 2018Allplants.comReady-made vegan meal delivery service, its environmental...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Local Food Hero – The Dressing Room Cafe, Chorlton
A community theatre cafe that teaches adults with learning disabilities how to cook and handle money while building their confidence is our readers’ choiceHidden in the quiet gardens of a Methodist...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Ethical Food Project – Life Kitchen
Ryan Riley saw his mother lose her appetite after starting chemotherapy. Now he’s helping cancer patients to find pleasure in food againBest Ethical Food project – runners-upThere are many days when...
View ArticleGuess who’s wrecking Christmas? John Lewis and Quality Street
British families sublimate seasonal rage through chocolate. Now the pick-and-mix tin is going to tear us apart…Like it or not, Christmas is bearing down upon us. It’s a special time for over-eating,...
View ArticleLoyle Carner: ‘I grew up with ADHD, and for me cooking is close to meditation’
The rapper and cookery teacher on the lyrics for his track Ottolenghi, table tennis with Heston and the karma of the kitchenMy mother worries about cows and methane. She’s been vegetarian since she was...
View ArticleIn praise of vintage cookbooks
The pictures might be kitsch, the ingredients might be basic, but there is a value in simplicityAlthough I haven’t yet cooked my way through the entirety of the St Michael All Colour Cookery Book,...
View ArticleOFM’s great Christmas taste test 2018
Mince pies, cheese, chocolate, party food – our three wise women guide you through the best high street offeringsContinue reading...
View ArticleBarbara Ellen’s vegetarian Christmas: at last, I can have a proper feast
After years of being fed dismal dinners – frozen lasagne, microwave risotto – the Observer columnist is now really looking forward to ChristmasA personal Christmas best (or worst, if you like) was the...
View ArticleLen & Alex Deighton’s Italian Cookstrips: Cappellacci di zucca
Len: Pumpkin pasta is no fad. This recipe dates back to 1584.Alex: It’s the reason the Ferrarese are nicknamed “magnazoca” - pumpkin eaters.Len Deighton is the author of the Action Cookbook and French...
View ArticlePink G&T, and choc-orange bubbly: the best Christmas cocktail recipes
A selection of old and new seasonal favourites from the authors of more than 30 drinks booksThere’s a brilliantly festive respite from the daily grind that occurs between the more austere moments now...
View ArticleThe 50 best Christmas wines for 2018
Observer Food Monthly’s choice of reds, whites and fizz – from high street and online bargains to the best value at the top of the rangeOstorosbor Egri Pinot Noir Hungary 2016 (£6.50,...
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