by Russell Brown | Feb 1, 2015 | Russell's Blog |
This is something that is a rarity in our house! I grew up with the whole ‘roast every Sunday’ thing and, to be fair, when Eléna and I bought our first house together we still had a roast most Sundays. Relatively cheap, cold meat for later in the week, maybe some...
by Russell Brown | Dec 5, 2014 | Russell's Blog
Russell and Eléna Brown, owners of Michelin-starred Sienna Restaurant in Dorchester, have announced that they will be running their last service at the restaurant on Saturday 25th April 2015, twelve years to the day after they opened. Russell said, “Our lease comes to...
by Russell Brown | Oct 13, 2014 | Russell's Blog |
Ben is celebrating his fifth anniversary at the restaurant this month, an amazing achievement. I ate at Ben’s last time we were down in Cornwall and had a genuinely excellent lunch. The ambiance, service, ethos and cooking all add up to a great package. I’m not the...
by Russell Brown | Oct 10, 2014 | Russell's Blog
Cornwall will always hold a special place in my heart. I moved there when I was 12, met my wife there, lived there for over 20 years and I started cooking there. We moved away in 1998 for me to take my first head chef’s job in Dorset and from then on visits were...
by Russell Brown | Jul 14, 2014 | Russell's Blog
It’s hard to know where to start on this post: I’ve just returned from a truly captivating work trip to the Austrian Tyrol. How on earth did this come about and can I really describe it as work? Back in January I had a call from Andy at ASL to ask if I would be...
by Russell Brown | Apr 7, 2014 | Russell's Blog
Baking is certainly big news at the moment with a high television profile and baking shows becoming a firm fixture in the foodie calendar. Great British bake off with Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, Eric Lanyards, Baking Mad, Rachel Allen, Nigella and Nigel Slater are...
