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Mark B | Posted in : Events22nd June 2011 You know the old saying, “it’s a hard job but someone has to do it.” Whoever said that wasn’t talking about me. I trot that out a lot when people ask me what it is I do for a crust. When you tell them you work in the wine industry the general response is a polite “really, that must be fun…” However their eyes usually convey something far less polite. You see the romantic view of what I do is that I get paid t ... CONTINUE READING » |
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Mark B | Posted in : Food22nd June 2011 A customer once asked me to recommend a good wine for cooking. Her thick French accent instantly transported me back to the Restaurant on the Green. The scene: being screamed at by a steadfastly grumpy French chef who I'd just really pissed off. Let me explain…
A long, long time ago in a land far, far away….. or put more simply, 15 years ago in England…..I was a duty manager and assistant restaurant manager of the v ... CONTINUE READING » |
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