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IF YOU’RE dining in a Knowl Hill pub, ask for the sausages as it’s an award winner.
The head chef of The Bird In Hand scooped the Pub Chef of the Year prize in the International Salon Culinaire contest.
Sam Seedhouse wowed judges with a homemade Cumberland sausage, served with sticky braised pancetta, red onion and mustard marmalade with creamed potato.
In addition to the prestigious title, Sam also won a trip to Venice.
The contest was held at the Excel Centre in London, and aims to celebrate the best of the UK hospitality industry, and provides chefs with a platform to showcase their talents.
For the first time in two years, chefs were able to demonstrate their skills and creativity to a prestigious judging panel of more than 70 experienced professional chefs including Michel Roux Jr, Mark Hill, executive chef at the House of Commons and Gary Jones at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons.
Alice Bowyer, head of food at the Liberation Group, which runs the Bird in Hand, said: “We are delighted Sam has won this prestigious award, particularly for his technical skills on this classic pub dish which should be celebrated.
“We will be adding it to the meu.
“Sam has been quietly building a team of young people into promising new talent and the food they are sending out at the Bird in Hand is some of the best in our group.”
