Chefs as gatekeepers

Observations from a meeting of South West chefs and producers

If restaurants are a gateway into good or interesting produce, as I often find, then I guess that makes chefs the gatekeepers. For reasons I’ll go into, that’s what was on my mind when heading to FŌDA – this being both the Old English word for food or nourishment, and the annual showcase and celebration of produce from the South West held in Wogan’s cof…