| Celebrating
local food and drink |
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| Chef
Michael Caines in the kitchen |
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BBC
South West is running a new series this spring to celebrate the region's
fine food and drink and to meet the chefs who cook it the best. |
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Food and
drink is huge business in the region, and each year hundreds of thousands
of pounds go back into the South West economy as people buy local.
The region offers a rich mixture of fresh fine food and drink.
Fresh fish is landed at our ports daily, local meats are sold in our
shops, the dairy industry produces milk, butter, cream and a range
of speciality cheeses.
Dotted all over the region there are farmers growing seasonal fruit
and vegetables, not to mention Somerset's involvement in the cider
industry.
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| Buying
local produce for use in the kitchen |
The series
features Michael Caines - the chef at Gidleigh Park near Chagford
who also has his own restaurant in Exeter, Peter Gorton who's the
chef at the Horn of Plenty near Tavistock and the Carved Angel in
Dartmouth.
In the heart of the relatively unexplored Devon countryside near Virginstow
Christina Bricknell-Webb is the chef at Percys Restaurant, where they're
almost self-sufficient, rearing their own meat and growing their own
local produce.
Richard Guest is the chef at The Castle in Taunton, and in Cornwall
two relatively new names on the chefs circuit - Ben Tunnicliffe at
the Abbey Restaurant in Penzance, and Paul Ripley, who used to be
Rick Steins' sous chef, at Ripleys in St Merryn, near Padstow.
Each week we meet some of the suppliers and find out how they work
with the chefs to produce top quality produce.
Many of the chefs have their own breeders, growers and suppliers selling
an array of different delicacies from smoked eel to hand made butter
and local brandy.
Having seen the chefs out with the suppliers we go back to their kitchens
where we see them prepare the dishes.
When they're complete, the winners of the Spotlight South West Recipe
Competition - who sent in local recipes - taste the finished meals.
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