My Jersey
CHRIS CLIFFORD Chris Clifford is the founder of Jersey’s first bespoke modern & contemporary art consultancy business. Educated at Victoria College, he went on to study Fine Art in London before establishing his local gallery Private and Public. Outside of the artworld, Chris enjoys sourcing local ingredients from Central Market for home cooking, sampling the wine menu at Watchmakers and beating the crowds at Jersey’s Amalfi Coast for a morning dip.
Where’s home?
I live in Grouville because it’s quiet, has beautiful green lanes, a huge expanse of beach, is near Gorey’s restaurants and is only a 10 minute drive to St. Helier. Its sedate vibe is very much part of its charm and the fact that you can almost always see France is weirdly reassuring when living in Jersey can feel insular and claustrophobic at times.
The best brunch on the island?
Is in my kitchen. I adore cooking and my current favourite lazy, late morning dish is a short rib terrine in which the beef is sliced paper thin and interleaved with a light aspic, bound in a mandolined carrot to form an artistic frame and served at room temperature allowing the jelly to hold whilst I drizzle pumpkin and tarragon oil over the top. I’m addicted to coffee - especially the ones served by the excellent Barista’s at Bean Around the World and Café JAC which are both only a short walk from the gallery.
And to walk that off?
Jersey is blessed with a huge variety of diverse and beautiful walks both inland and along the coastline but if you want to be transported into an alternative reality that is visually stunning then walk to Seymour Tower at low tide in which you are immersed into a lunar landscape with huge sculptural rock formations. It’s right out there! Interview: Becky Palmano
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Illustration: Emily Habin