Interview
Simon Rogan
Even after scoring a perfect ten in the GFG for the past seven years, Simon Rogan certainly isn’t complacent about L’Enclume retaining its coveted number two spot.
Even after scoring a perfect ten in the GFG for the past seven years, Simon Rogan certainly isn’t complacent about L’Enclume retaining its coveted number two spot.
L'Enclume was named number one in our Top 20 Most Exciting Restaurants for 2022 list. Knife & Fork Media editor Josh Barrie caught up with its founder Simon Rogan.
Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Maria Bradford learned to cook at the age of nine alongside her mother and grandmother. Having started out in accountancy, Bradford switched career path, founding Shwen Shwen (the name comes from the Krio word for ‘fancy’), her catering company, supper club and online store in 2017. Now she has opened the doors to her first restaurant of the same name, here is her recipe for pepe sea bass.
A trusty MacSween’s and some neeps and tatties are all very well for a homemade Burns Night, but nothing beats the ceremony of celebrating the Scottish bard in good company. Prepare to be regaled by Robin the bagpiper at Sam’s Riverside, raise a dram at Cannonball in Edinburgh or join fellow dinners in reciting the Address to a Haggis before tucking into haggis doughnuts at The Golden Ball in Henley.
The Good Food Guide quiz is back. June’s inaugural quiz from food writer Bill Knott was the start of a new monthly tradition, our astute readers will have likely discovered that the answers of course spelt out L'ENCLUME SIMON ROGAN. Here are this month’s questions to get your teeth stuck into.