i did a shoot at a restaurant called the west house last week.
it's the one where bad twin stood in for the chef
it's a great little restaurant and the chef is some sort of genius.
his name is graham garrett and here are some portraits i did of him.
here he is in his kitchen just after i asked his opinion on triple cooked chips
and in this shot he was contemplating west ham's survival hopes
we moved into the restaurant where i'd set up a couple of shots
i did a few in black and white...
and a few in colour
i think i was doing my james martin impression at this point...
and this was the very last frame of the day
ok, so that's a few portraits, now here are some shots of the food
graham conjured up in his kitchen.
this is octopus something-or other...
to be honest, although the food was offered to us, this was not really
my cup of tea... what with the green things kicking around.
bad twin gave it a go though.
graham was making this garlic gnocchi when i arrived...
in fact it's in the first couple of shots of the post:
once again, a little too much green for my liking so i left this to my assistant too.
i think this dish came next...
unbelievable !
the best sausage of all time. it's a rabbit sausage ( bunny banger )
and i scoffed this bad boy in a new uk record time.
ha ha ! i can't remember what this was except that i thought it
looked amazing,
this came next...
some pork, black pudding and the most fantastic egg.
perhaps i should call graham and ask him to describe it rather than
explain it myself ? i think it was poached then fried on both sides or
something like that. without a shadow of a doubt it was the most amazing
egg i've ever had. the rest of it was perfect too ( apart from the green stuff
under the egg, which i left )
i think this was a treacle tart of sorts. maybe blood oranges on it too ?
it was very nice... ( yes i did remove the green bits before eating it )
the next dish up was this...
some top of the range creme caramel kind of thing with rhubarb
here's a shot of me offering it to bad twin afterwards...
as you can see by the playful expression on my face, it was an empty offer
as i quickly placed it infront of me and eat the whole thing by myself.
last dish up to be photographed was perhaps my favourite of the day.
it's called 'all the fun of the fair'
i probably shouldn't describe it as i can't remember all of it but it
is the most amazing dessert ever.
toffee apple panna cotta with candy floss and wait for it...
a shot of popcorn !
graham has a bit of willie wonka-type genius about him.
this dessert was off the hook.
it was a great shoot. graham is an amazing chef...
a michelin starred chef too. he tells good stories, he used to
be in a rock band or two, he seems to know everybody in the
restaurant world and he's a west ham fan on top of it all.
he looked after us and kept us fed all day. top man graham !
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