WHO'S WHO
Kimie Nunomura-Atkins was born in Ageo City near Tokyo in Japan and is married to an Englishman. Whilst living in the Netherlands she started sushi workshops for lovers of Japanese food.
In January 2008 she moved to Pembrokeshire. Since then she has led sushi workshops at events including Pembrokeshire Fish Week, for groups such as the WI and in private houses.
In 2009 she ran a sell-out workshop at Narberth Food Festival . One person who attended the workshop was a young man, George, who went on to use his sushi-making skills while competing in BBC Junior MasterChef 2010. They helped 11 year old George make it to the final of the competition.
Kimie is an innovative sushi maker and an enthusiastic demonstrator. She returns to Narberth by popular demand
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Food Theatre, 1.00pm Sunday: Chef Demonstration
Festival Dinner, 7.30pm Sunday: Canapés
'Frightened of fish? - Let the frog teach you!'
How he got to Ludo’s:
- Born: Brittany, France
- Decides to travel the world
- Dreams of working as chef in London or other great city
- Gets job near Porthmadog
- 5 years at Le Gallois restaurant, Cardiff
- Meets partner Lowri Jones, born and bred in Crymych
- May 2009: opens The Old Red Cow / Yr Hen Fuwch gastropub near Newcastle Emlyn
- Autumn 2009: Semi-finalist on BBC Professional Masterchef
- Summer 2010: moves to Ludo’s at The Coopers in Newcastle Emlyn
At Ludo’s at The Coopers Ludo combines the best of local, Welsh ingredients with contemporary French cuisine. In 2009 he wooed viewers and wowed the critics on Masterchef. In 2010 he demonstrated his joie de vivre and love of food at Narberth Food Festival. In 2011 we’re pleased that he can be with us again.
Find Ludo and Ludo’s on his bilingual Facebook page: www.facebook.com
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Presenter, Stwffio, S4C
Talks Tent, 3.00pm Sunday: Judging of Young Chefs Competition
Anthony has been a keen fisherman and hunter since he was a boy and this led to an interest in cooking. After attending catering college, he worked as a chef in top hotels in London, Cambridge and Bath before returning to Wales.
Since 2006 Anthony has presented his own cooking programme, Stwffio on S4C.
In 2007 he was nominated for the BAFTA Cymru Best Newcomer award while Stwffio was nominated for the Best Children's Programme award in 2007 and 2008. Stwffio was also nominated for a British BAFTA in 2007, in the Best Children's Entertainment Programme category.
Anthony’s filming for Stwffio sees him visiting all parts of Wales while his travels in search of fishing opportunities have taken him around the world, from Iceland, Italy and Spain, to Morocco, Hong Kong and Japan.
For six of Anthony’s favourite game recipes go to: www.basc.org.uk/
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Patron, Narberth Food Festival
‘It’s my passion to teach’ - Angela Gray
Angela left school at 16 and went to Canada as a nanny, then studied beauty therapy, seeing her future as a successful Hollywood make-up artist!
Soon, though, Angela was combining travel with her second great passion, cooking. Signing on with a top agency took her to jobs in Belgium, Paris, Switzerland and Canada. Back in Britain, she worked in hotels and ran a restaurant.
Then it was back to Wales for a career in the media, a BSc in Consumer Science at UWIC and a series of food-related business ventures.
Here’s just a taste of what Angela has managed to fit in to her incredibly busy life:
- TV: Series on BBC Wales (Hot Stuff, More Hot Stuff, Overnight Success) and UKTV, plus regular appearances on the BBC Jamie Owen show
- Radio: Series on BBC Radio Wales (My Life on a Plate and Packed Lunch)
- Books: Hot Stuff and The Welsh Cheese Book
- Journalism: Newspapers and magazines, and a weekly column in Wales On Sunday
- Festivals & Shows: Organizing master-classes at Abergavenny Food Festival plus appearances at many other festivals and shows. 2009: organized food elements for Wales at the Smithsonian in Washington DC where 1.2 million visitors experienced Welsh culture from food to slate splitting
- Teaching 2007: Course director at Wales’s first food and wine school at Llanerch Vineyard, near Cardiff. 2011: after a two-year gap, and with Llanerch Vineyard under new ownership, the cookery school re-opened in April with a new and improved kitchen and classroom
For more information on Angela and her cookery school click here
Sample some of Angel’s recipes at uktv.co.uk
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Chef, The Modern Pantry, Clerkenwell, London
Born in Canada and raised in New Zealand, Anna studied business management before training as a chef and working in restaurants in England, Australia and New Zealand.
In 2001, Anna and partners opened The Providores in Marylebone, London, which gained Square Meal 'Best New Restaurant Award' 2001; Catey's ‘New Comer of the Year Award’ 2003, and two AA Rosettes for culinary excellence from 2002 to 2005. Anna also acted as consultant chef to the Michelin starred PUBLIC in New York.
In 2005 Anna left The Providores to work on The Modern Pantry which opened in 2008. The Modern Pantry has gained two AA rosettes and been listed as a "Bib Gourmand" in the Michelin Guide 2009.
In 2009 Anna was included in "Coco", a book showcasing 100 of the world's top up-and-coming chefs.
In 2010 Anna received the New Zealander of the Year award
In June 2011 Anna’s Modern Pantry Cookbook was published: she will be signing copies at the Festival.
Anna's culinary philosophy is driven by the desire to please and excite the palate by renewing everyday cooking with modern ingredients and global inspiration.
Read more about Anna, her café & restaurant and her book at www.themodernpantry.co.uk
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Chef-proprietor, The Hardwick, Abergavenny
Festival Dinner, 7.30pm Sunday: Puddings
‘My favourite Welsh restaurant’ - Michel Roux junior
Potted CV :
- Le Gavroche (Michelin***) – working for Michel Roux junior
- The Canteen, Chelsea Harbour, London – awarded first Michelin star, at age 25
- Les Roches, St Tropez (Michelin*)
- L’arpege, Paris (Michelin**)
- Walnut Tree Inn, Abergavenny - opened in 2001, won a Michelin star in 2002
- The Pear Tree Inn, Whitley, Wiltshire – consultant
Best Pub in England- 2005 AA Guide - The Hardwick country pub-restaurant, Abergavenny - chef-proprietor
Michelin Guide 2007, 2008, 2009. 2010: Bib Gourmand – the only restaurant in Wales with this award
Which? Good Food Guide 2009: Editor’s Award for Best Use of Local Produce
National Restaurant Awards, 2010: ranked 13th in Top 100 Restaurants
Good Pub Guide, 2010: Best Dining Pub in Wales
AA Awards Restaurant of the Year Wales 2010 – 2011
Wales the True Taste Gold Award Winner 2010 – 2011
Ranked 3rd in Top 50 Gastro-Pubs 2010
For more about Stephen and The Hardwick: www.thehardwick.co.uk
For recipes: www.bbc.co.uk/food
Prize-winning Chef
Talks Tent, 2.00pm Saturday: Fish Curry Master-Class
‘A 5,000 mile culinary journey’ - Anand’s description of his career to date.
Kerala-born Anand George is renowned for his multi-award-winning redefinition of Indian cuisine.
After working in top restaurants in Mumbai and London, Anand became founder and Chef Patron of Cardiff’s Mint & Mustard where his awards included:
- UK’s Best Indian Restaurant - House of Commons Tiffin Cup
- UK’s Top 100 restaurants - National Restaurant Awards
- South Asian Chef of the Year
- Best Restaurant in South Wales - South Wales Echo
- Good Food Guide - debut entry
In 2011 Anand joined forces with Spiros Fine Dining Caterers of Cardiff to stage Wales’s first fine dining pop-up restaurant, Poppupadom at The GlassHouse in Cardiff Bay. They now provide fine dining events for private dinner parties and are taking Poppupadom to this year’s Abergavenny Food Festival.
A demonstrator at Food Festivals around Wales, Anand is also planning to open his new solo restaurant, Purple Poppadom, in South Wales shortly.
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Food journalist, restaurateur, True Taste Champion
‘The most wanted food critic in Britain today’ - Gordon Ramsay
- Restaurant critic (AA Restaurant Guide)
- Journalist (The Guardian, The Mirror, Radio Times, The Caterer etc etc)
- Television presenter (BBC ‘The Wright Taste’)
- Radio broadcaster (BBC Radio Wales ‘Wales on the Menu’ 2010)
- Restaurant consultant (‘Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares’)
- Restaurateur (Y Polyn)
- Farmer (See his book ‘The Wright Taste’ - Gomer)
Simon is passionate about good food: ethically produced, locally sourced, well cooked, served without fuss and enjoyed with gusto. He was awarded the title True Taste Champion in the 2010-2011 Wales the True Taste awards.
Until recently a joint owner of Y Polyn, near Carmarthen, Simon is now a director of recently opened Sosban in Llanelli
Like Jamie Oliver, Simon worries about what children eat and how it affects them, as he showed in his 2009 BBC Wales programme, ‘What are we doing to our kids?’ Like us, he believes that it’s more important to give children the opportunity and encouragement to cook and eat tasty, wholesome food than to tell them what they shouldn’t be eating.
www.sosbanrestaurant.com
www.thewrighttaste.co.uk
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