In the week that I was due to be in Japan for hanami, I wrote this seasonal Japanese tasting menu to celebrate two birthdays at a beautiful house near Stow on the Wold

As lockdown eases and the sun begins to shine, it’s a pleasure to be cooking a Japanese tasting menu at a beautiful property at Lakes by Yoo

On the day that pub gardens re-opened, I was hired as a private chef to cook a small birthday lunch in a beautifully restored Cotswold barn.

Menu proposal for Pye Corner House