Robin Rea of Ottery St Mary's 'Rusty Pig' joined Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty in Southend to help raise awareness of the benefits of using blood as an ingredient in cooking.
Jamie and Jimmy are currently filming a new series of their popular show, Friday Night Feast, and invited Robin to cook a dish using his renowned black pudding to help them raise awareness of how blood should be viewed as more than just a waste product.
Robin said: “Blood is a by-product of farming livestock and it is such a shame that all too often it goes to waste. It has actually been described by...
Danish superstar chef Kasper Gaard is joining forces with Robin Rea from the award-winning Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary to cook a one-off supper at Smiths Wines in Magdalen Road.
Kasper, who took part in the River Cottage series ‘3 Good Things’, is a feted restaurateur in Denmark, and runs the Ilse restaurant on the island of Samso, where he lives.
Iain Smith of Smiths Wines said: “It’s been a long-term ambition of mine to persuade Kasper to cook for the people of Exeter.
“He’s previously dazzled the folk of Ottery St Mary with his cooking, and I decided it was our...
