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At The Idle Rocks A TASTE OF THE ULTIMATE FOOD AND DRINK DESTINATION

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Why we should all try something new

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A TASTE OF THE ULTIMATE FOOD AND DRINK DESTINATION

A TASTE OF THE ULTIMATE FOOD AND DRINK DESTINATION

Managing Editor

Amber Key

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Charlotte Forster

Welcome

After all the traditional Christmas fun and food, I always enjoy getting back into the regular routine of cooking with our best seasonal ingredients. Even in winter, the fishing day boats go out to brave the seas, bringing back fine local fish for us to use in The Pavilion Boatshed Restaurant in Perranporth. Also at this time of year there’s an abundance of good meat in Cornwall.

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My passion is for getting visitors to my restaurant to try something new.

There are so many lesser known cuts of meat, and so many fine dishes you can build around them; local butcher Dave Hampson gives us some of his ideas on page 20. We work closely with our suppliers to ensure we’re always being innovative and making the most of our ingredients.

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When I lived in Australia, I learnt how to blend a variety of flavours and ingredients. I discovered that trying something new is fun and it’s a philosophy I apply to everything I do. Let’s make 2015 the year when we take a culinary risk or two!

Happy New Year

Matt

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Contents January 2015 7........ Gourmet Gossip Philps pasties and Dukkah 7........ Win! Three fabulous foodie competitions 8........ Sydney to Cornwall Meet Guest Editor, Matt Burrell 13 ..... Get Hooked Fresh seafood for a healthy January 14 ..... Game Pie Recipe from the Alverton’s Simon George 15..... Mince Pie Cupcakes Recipe from the ladies at Baking Bird 16..... Sunday Roast Winter seaside dining at Gylly Beach Café 18..... Cookery Courses Learn to cook in style at The Idle Rocks 20..... Prime Cuts How to make the most of seasonal Cornish meat 22..... CocoNuts Starting a business with Outset Cornwall’s help 24..... Raise a Glass Tarquin’s Gin celebrates its 100th batch

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Proper Cornish pasties Philip’s is a classic Cornish pasty originally created in the 1950s. Here’s how it all began: as an addition to an already flourishing mini market in Hayle, a bakery was created at the rear of their shop by Sam Philp and his cousin Everett in 1958.

The business grew from there and Sam started supplying many local outlets including pubs, shops and beach cafés. Sam enjoyed semi-retirement in 1985 handing over the reins to his sons, Neil and Paul and

son-in-law David. 19 92 saw the first expansion of the business with the acquisition of a bake off shop in Praze-an-Beeble, near Camborne. The business flourished, East Quay was purchased, Another retail outlet/bake-off shop was added to the portfolio in 2000 at Marazion, cementing what is today, a buoyant family run business.

All of Philp’s ingredients are sourced locally, whenever possible, from local farmers and local merchants. The beef is Cornish the pasties feature the finest cuts of skirt beef

and lean mince.

They’re available in a number of varieties – traditional, chicken, cheese and vegetable.

PHILPS BAKERY 01736 753343 info@philpspasties.co.uk

Add some spice The Dukkah Company’s original products are all about flavour and texture. They will see you through the December party period and into the January detox, as they’re packed with nutrition.

Dukkah (‘Doo-ka’) is a traditional North African blend of spices and nuts. There are three main flavour blends: Dipping Sand, Hot Sand and Super Dukkah.

It’s very easy to enjoy. Simply serve with fresh bread (soft and squidgy is best) dunked in olive oil and then

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How about topping cheese straws with dukkah? If you’re short of time, use made pastry (and even ready rolled), sprinkle with cheese and top with dukkah.

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Guest Editor Matthew Burrell from Perranporth’s Pavilion Boatshed Restaurant tells us about the influence of travel on his cookery.

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ornishman Matt Burrell is back to his roots after six years in Australia and a spell in Italy. His parents have owned surf shops, a snack bar and pub in Perranporth since he was a child.

“All my school holidays and weekends were spent in and around Beach Road, and it’s where my ice cream shop and The Pavilion Boatshed Restaurant now stand,” he says.

“I guess retail and hospitality are in my blood; we even refer to this bit of town as home,” says Matt.

He explains how his grandad, who was also a chef, influenced his early ambition to go into cooking. “He used to look after us a lot when we were little and mum and dad were working. So when I left school I wanted to do catering at college, but my mum wasn’t sure it was the right thing for me. In fact thinking about it my mum has played a huge part in my life!” he laughs.

Matt listened to mum and started a Business Course at College. “But for probably the only time in my life she was wrong – it wasn’t right for me and I dropped out. I wanted to go to London to work in restaurants, but mum suggested I went travelling and ‘how about Australia?’.”

So that’s what he did. “After a short time in Sydney I thought she might have been wrong again – a lad from Perranporth in all the hustle and bustle of the city. I hated it!”

But after another call to mum, he took some more advice and hopped on a ferry to Manly, a beautiful beach resort. “It was heaven! I quickly found work at The Bathers Pavilion.

I worked front of house, but the chef Serge Dansereau (Chef of the Year in 1990) took me under his wing and I started cooking. I realised I needed to go to college, so enrolled on a three year Commercial Catering Course and continued to work at The Bathers.”

It was the huge diversity in Sydney that had the biggest effect on Matt. He describes it as a “truly multi-racial city” which has a fantastic impact on the food.

“As a Brit I was in the ‘International Class’ at College and surrounded by talented classmates from India, China Pakistan and lots of other places, all with their own diverse food culture. At the restaurants, Bangladeshi and Pakistani kitchen porters often cooked staff meals and I was constantly amazed at what they could produce with some fairly cheap off cuts, the flavours they created and the herbs and spices they used. I found it utterly fascinating.”

Back to Blighty When some of his parents’ shops came up for lease, Matt’s Australian adventure came to a natural end. “After six years in Australia, it was time to come home. I really wanted my own restaurant to bring what I had learnt in Australia back to Cornwall – well, back to Perranporth to be precise.

The restaurant used to be a surf shop and next-door is my luxury homemade ice-cream parlour.”

It was Matt’s father who suggested he go off to Italy to learn to make proper gelato. “So off I went again to the

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University of Gelato in Bologna, Italy. I loved learning how to blend and balance the flavours for a real gelato!”

Matt started making ice cream in Pavilion Ice in April 2012 and started to change the then surf shop next door into his own restaurant. In November 2012, The Pavilion Boatshed Restaurant opened.

“Less is more’ is my mantra,” says Matt, describing his style of cookery. “We are an island just like Australia, so I can use good quality produce from small local suppliers I know and trust: local fish and shellfish caught on day boats, meat from the local butcher and seasonal produce.

We change the menu in line with the seasons.”

Matt noticed that, despite all the foodie activity we see all over the UK, many people seem to be risk-averse when it comes to trying new things. “This is my rant I guess,” he says. “It is still very hard to sell fish on the bone. We did a delicious Cornish megrim sole with a cockle, shrimp and mussel butter, but customers didn’t want to order it when told it was

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on the bone. Fillet steak is one of our best-sellers – now it is a delicious hand cut fillet steak, from our butcher just up the road and cooked to perfection but compared to beef cheeks, it takes nowhere near as much time or love to prepare. So why not try pork cheeks slow-cooked and fabulous, or something else us chefs have had to spend real time and skill preparing?

I don’t believe people are always as adventurous with food as they think they are.”

So what’s the solution? “First of all I make sure the front of house staff know as much as possible, I show and tell them about the food we are serving (and preferably ensure they have tried it) so they can explain it to our customers.”

The front of house team also meets the restaurants suppliers as they deliver fresh food daily, and know where the ingredients come from as well as the hours the chefs spend daily preparing it.

“My two waitresses have been with me for over two years now – just about since the beginning – so they know their stuff. Then I think it’s up to the customer. Maybe have one or two restaurants that you eat at regularly so you get to

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know the chefs, learn to trust them and be willing to try something they recommend, something a bit different. After all we do the same with our suppliers.”

Life as a chef is time-intensive, so on the rare occasions he gets to relax, Matt loves to sit on the sofa at home watching films.

“I cook simply at home, but good food on a stormy day with friends is another favourite of mine. And I love dogs; I take my parents’ dogs for walks on the beach.”

THE PAVILION BOATSHED RESTAURANT 8 Beach Road, Perranporth TR6 0JL 01872 300784 enquiries@perranporthpavilion.com www.thepavilionboatshed.com

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LEFT: Matt and his customers discuss the day’s fish catch

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RIGHT: Matt supports the local team

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New Year is synonymous with healthy eating but you can still indulge. Hooked Truro has it covered with a selection of nutrient-dense, vibrant dishes.

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ood food is all about fresh ingredients prepared with the minimum of fuss. At Hooked in the City you’re able to eat both healthily and indulgently as its entire menu is about natural flavours.

It’s motto when it comes to shellfish, for example, is ‘Keep It Simple’. So you can choose from local Falmouth Oysters with lemon and Tabasco at £24.95 for a dozen – they contain more zinc per serving than any other food, and are rich in rare amino acids, hence their reputation as an aphrodisiac – or classic Crab and Lobster in small, medium or large to suit your appetite.

If you’re someone who prefers a light bite, the lunch and dinner menu has an extensive range of Tapas, again, all focused on freshness. If you’ve quit carbohydrates for January, there’s

plenty for you here. Opt for Serrano ham, Milano salami & extra virgin olive oil. Or if you’re simply being super healthy, how about smoked salmon roulade, nori and wasabi cream cheese – it’s so nutritious!

Finally, how about swapping your classic Sunday Roast for a fish version? The Monkfish Roast is a tasty affair, not to mention rich in Omega 3, and if you’re familiar with Monkfish, you’ll know how meaty and filling it is. Here your Monkfish is stuffed with Chorizo and wrapped in pastry, and is served with Potato Dauphinoise, cauliflower and parmesan. So it’s a little indulgent, but then, don’t you deserve a reward?

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Comfort food Nothing beats a piping hot, delicious pie after a cold winter walk on the beach.

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Stuck for something a little different to cook this winter?

At Foodie we are always on the lookout for tasty seasonal recipes to pass on, so were delighted when Simon George, the new Head Chef at the Alverton, offered us this sumptuous recipe for Game Pie. He is passionate about cooking seasonal food and challenges us all to try some (highly sustainable) Game this winter.

Even better, you could prepare the filling a day or two in advance, keep in the fridge until needed then heat through gently and use.

And with really good quality puff pastry sheets easily available, what could be simpler?

Or you could just go along to the Alverton and let Simon prepare you the real thing!

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Selena – Chief Caker: “This is a recipe for Christmas (which can also be adapted as we roll into January and you find that you have jars of mincemeat left over).

One of our current six cupcake flavours is the divine Mince Pie. Even people who don’t like actual mince pies love these cakey beauties. Swirled with brandy and port-soaked mincemeat and topped with rum buttercream, they are a lovely boozy indulgence.”

lf raising flour 140g caster sugar 50g Demerara su gar 180g butter 3 eggs 1 tsp baking powd er 100g mincemeat

1) Using an all in one method, pu t all ingredients exce pt the mincemea t in a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until well mixed together.

2) Gently fold in the mincemeat and then spoon the mixtu re into cupcake cases about three qu arters full.

3) Bake on 180o C for 25 minutes until golden brown.

Leave to cool co mpletely.

4) We flavour ou r buttercream wi th a good dash of rum an d add a sugarpast e sprig of holly to deco rate.

Catherine – Head Baker: “We enjoy making (and eating) all of our Christmas goodies, and these Mince Pie Cupcakes are one of my favourites. As always with all of our cakes, we hand mix with a wooden spoon.

Remember that over-mixing will dry out your sponge so hand mixing is best. Use the best quality mincemeat that you can afford – the boozer the better!”

THE BAKING BIRD

The Birdhouse Cakery, 2 Old Bridge Street, Truro TR1 2AQ 01872 277849 enquiries@thebakingbird.co.uk www.thebakingbird.co.uk

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Gylly Beach Café offers hearty, fresh lunches and dinners all year round. Gaze out over the wintry beach as you dine inside.

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t this time of year, it’s nice to enjoy being cosy and warm inside while you look out at the wild winter weather. It’s even lovelier when you’re being looked after with great food, live music and a glass of wine or two.

Gylly Beach Café in Falmouth does all of this in style. It’s why it remains a popular venue with locals all year round, young and old, who come to enjoy fresh produce, sourced locally, acoustic music on Sundays and a great atmosphere.

Owner Simon Daw tells us that the

Cornish mussels in white wine and garlic cream sauce with parsley, lemon and thick-cut bread

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restaurant caters for a variety of ages and tastes.

“Our Sunday roasts are really popular and our choice of local music, all acoustic, accompanies the food really well. We like to create the right ambiance to complement the food.”

The New Year evening menu is as healthy as it is warming. Choose from classic starters like Cornish mussels in white wine cream sauce with fresh bread (and Cornish butter) or seared scallops with garlic & parsley butter, smoked pancetta, dressed leaves, sunblush tomatoes and parmesan shavings.

The mains are simple, colourful and tasty.

Fish features prominently, with the daily catch of the day. In winter, our local fishermen continue to head out to sea, depending on the weather, and bring back their seasonal catch, which may include Whiting and Sole, plus mussels and scallops.

If it’s more of a meaty dish which appeals, how about a Cornish beef rib burger? The accompaniments are as tasty as the centrepiece, with smoked cheddar, streaky bacon and salad in the bun, complemented with red cabbage slaw, chunky chips and chilli jam.

“Falmouth has established itself as a real

foodie destination all year round,” says Simon.

“It’s great to be a part of that and to see the town continue to buzz into the winter. We remain open from Thursday to Sunday for evening dining so although the evenings may be dark there is plenty to brighten up your nights here at the beach.”

GYLLY BEACH CAFÉ Cliff Road, Falmouth TR11 4PA 01326 312884 café@gyllybeach.com www.gyllybeach.com

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Gylly Beach is delighted to introduce Cornwall Liv ing readers to its popular Sunday night Roast on the Co ast deal: a full roast (or veg op tion) with a pint of beer or glass of wine for £10 every Sunday from 6pm. Music from 8pm.

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course Amber Key visits The Idle Rocks Hotel in St Mawes to develop her cookery skills with Head Chef Mark Apsey.

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s one of those ‘throw it all together, add lots of seasoning and slug some wine’ cooks, learning to cook with precision was an opportunity not to be missed.

So with excitement I headed off to The Idle Rocks Hotel in quiet, wintry St Mawes, 14 miles from the main road to Truro. This harbour town is at the end of the line; no traffic passes through en route, which means that it’s the ultimate destination. And this chic hotel is one of the finest in the Duchy.

At just 25, Head Chef Mark Apsey is making a name for himself as an innovator. His age belies his experience, having started work at age 15 for Michelin-starred chefs including Nathan Outlaw and John Campbell.

It was Mark’s idea to launch a range of cookery courses with talented chefs over the quieter winter period after a hotel guest asked for some ideas on stuffing a turkey. He has invited guest chefs who are a mix of local talent and some from further afield.

With so many chefs out there determined to stand out, how do you differentiate yourself I wonder. “I like to take a health-conscious approach to food,” Mark tells me. He’s an accomplished runner in his (he admits very limited) spare time. “I collect seaweed to make seaweed vinegar instead of lemon juice for dressings, and we make the vinegar using dregs of wine. It’s making the most of local ingredients which are both abundant, and free.”

Every piece of the deluxe ground floor in The Idle Rocks is brand new after the February 2014 storms blasted through the downstairs, pulling off all the doors which ran the length of the hotel terrace and carrying them like driftwood inside.

When the hotel was refurbished, Mark chose not to cook with gas, but with the latest touch technology. “It really is better when you get used to it,” he says. Plus, it means the kitchen is a cooler place to work in summer when the terrace and restaurant is packed with diners clamouring for the amazing views.

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Christmas Lunch Mastercla ss with M

ark Apsey Th ursday 18th Decem ber 2014 Head Chef M ark Apsey w ill spend the morning demonstrati ng the art of the pe rfect Christm as Lunch. From turkey basting to Christmas pu dding, Mark will explain all th e inside tips of the trade. After cooking is co mplete, everyone will sit down at th e chefs table to enjoy a relaxe lunch with a d few glasses of festive cheer. £80 pe r person inclu ding the Masterc lass and lunc h.

Christmas lunch in two hours My fellow tutee, Lee (above left), and I don our aprons and get to work. “We’re going to prepare a full Christmas lunch for up to 16 people in just two hours,” says Mark. “A lot can be prepared the day before, so on Christmas Day itself, it will only take you half an hour.”

And then we get to work. First, Mark shows us how to de-bone the bronze turkey. “There’s a higher meat to bone ratio with these birds as they grow more slowly. Sure, they’re harder to pluck, but we’re after flavour and quality,” explains Mark. Nothing is wasted; the bones are set aside to make gravy.

Our guide then shows us how to cook the meat super fast while retaining all the moisture. He sandwiches it with local sausage meat (just three sausages, skin off) and wraps it tightly in layers of clingfilm in a giant Haggis shape (above) tied at the ends. The same for the leg meat. Then it’s into a large pot to poach on at 80-90 degrees for around 90 minutes. So far so good.

Next up are the gravy, vegetables and cranberry sauce. Any sauce, gravy or jus pulls a dish together, and this is no different. The intensely flavoursome gravy is a real winner at the end when we taste our lunch.

It’s all about reduction – there’s no cornflour required here. The bones are first roasted, then they’re reduced in a large pan of water. The liquid you’re left after straining with is reduced further with herbs and red wine vinegar, and eventually, you add more water at the end and reduce again. The result is the richest, darkest liquer-like gravy.

Who doesn’t love a perfect roast potato?

Here’s how: use Maris Piper for their good water balance, peel, boil with lots of salt until you can fluff the edges, put whole in a tray, pour over warm duck fat which you have melted in a pan with Rosemary and Thyme, turn regularly and roast until they’re a golden colour on the outside.

This is Christmas lunch with no wastage. We don’t peel the parsnips or carrots, for example,

instead leaving the skin on to retain all the flavour as we roast them. Sprouts are sautéed with streaky bacon and chestnuts, thereby keeping their vibrant green colour.

This doesn’t feel like a classic big, stodgy Christmas lunch; you can almost sense the nutrients zinging from vegetables as you eat.

The final touch is to sear the lovely moist turkey to brown it off before carving. For a final chef ’s flourish, Mark delights us with a blowtorch!

Just 1 hour and 50 minutes later Lee and I are enjoying a full Christmas lunch in the restaurant with a mulled Cornish cider and amazing views.

THE IDLE ROCKS Harbourside, St Mawes TR2 5AN 01326 270270 info@idlerocks.com www.idlerocks.com

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ith the dark winter evenings and temperatures dropping, thoughts turn to staying in and enjoying warming hearty meals that your mum or grandmother made.

Dave Hampson has been at the top of the trade for many years and has plenty of ideas on what to cook. He says: “I chose these cuts for their simplicity, flavour and value for money.

As always, if in doubt, seek advice – its part of the service.” So visit your local butcher, then get him or her to prepare it for you.

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Stewed: Make the classic beef stew using shin of beef with the marrow, cooked slowly for a few hours with winter vegetables of your choice.

Use fresh bread to mop the plate. The secret here is giving the shin plenty of time to cook.

Pie: How about a warming homemade steak pie using chuck and diced chunky steak? Add wine or ale, or kidney, for an even richer flavor.

Braised: Slices of braising steak or shoulder steak (known locally as boxeater) can be placed in a pan with gravy stock and onions, then cooked on the hob. This is an ideal dish for a busy family.

Stewed: A great tasting stew needs this cut!

Neck of lamb (or scrag) slowly cooked gives a lovely thick stock. (Lamb shank is an alternative cut here, with seasonal veg, pearl barley and herbs in a casserole dish. Perfect.)

Pie: Shepherds pie is another classic dish, and it can be made with minced lamb instead of beef.

Fried: Liver and bacon can be cooked easily on the hob using lamb, pig’s or ox liver sliced by your butcher. It’s also really nutritious. Dip in flour to seal before you put it in the frying pan with onions. Add gravy and cook slowly.

Meanwhile steam some cabbage and boil some Cornish potatoes, and hey presto.

Pork All rounder: Shoulder of pork as a joint, steaks or chops (spare rib chops) is a good all rounder, whatever the occasion.

Sausages: What could be better than the great British sausage made by your local butcher?

Roasted: Don’t forget about tasty gammon or bacon, green (unsmoked), smoked, boiled or roasted, glazed or unglazed. You can enjoy it hot or cold, plated with egg and chips, or perhaps in a sandwich. Another option is in pasta with a sauce.

HAMPSON’S OF HAYLE 20 Chapel Terrace, Hayle TR27 4AB 01736 752427 FOOD TO GO 33 Fore Street, Hayle TR27 4DX 01736 752339 www.hampsonsofhayle.co.uk

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ecily Mills grew up in Cornwall and had always dreamt of coming home.

After a career in retail in London for brands including Oliver Bonas and Marks & Spencer, she decided it was time to pursue her passion for producing homemade ice cream.

“Cornwall feels like a place where anything is possible,” she says. “Because there are so few jobs, it encourages a sense of entrepreneurship. Things are really happening here.”

Cecily’s products use unprocessed coconut oil sourced direct from the Philippines. It’s is a premium product, rich in saturates with amazing anti-fungal properties and popular among the health-conscious, athletes and paleo lifestyle enthusiasts. Quite apart from that, it tastes fantastic and makes a really special dessert blended as ice cream.

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Cornwall’s internationally-acclaimed Southwestern Distillery celebrates with its 100th batch of Tarquin's Gin.

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Tarquin’s Gin, which celebrates its 100th batch this month, is a contemporary take on a classic London Dry, using fresh citrus zest and homegrown violets to create its fresh, distinctive and award-winning flavor.

The first bottles ever sold were served at the Gurnard’s Head, a renowned dining pub perched on Cornwall's Atlantic coast.

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Tarquin tells us: “The response to our spirits has been incredible and motivates me to strive to continue to offer something a little bit different.”

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“We will continue to produce great-tasting spirits with integrity,” says Tarquin. “We use traditional techniques, quality ingredients and old-fashioned equipment.”

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