About Me

Hello, I'm Lucy & here's a little bit about my life in food... 

I started my career after university where I ended up travelling & moving to the Caribbean & living on an island called Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. After starting out working for a boat charter company, I ended up running a catering business with my best  friend on Tortola for 10 years catering for guests in private villas & high end yachts as well as weddings & parties, I learnt how to host & create a dining experience, the setting, the styling, the service & the food are all important to enjoying the perfect event.

After a decade of catering all over the Caribbean I returned to the UK & settled in North Cornwall continuing to cook as a private chef in a high-end rental property called Mesmear. I love Cornwall for all of its produce, fish landed daily in the summer, locally reared beef & lamb, strawberry & pick-your-own fruit farms everywhere, I really was spoilt for choice. Eventually I was introduced to the chef Emily Scott (Emily Scott Food) & worked at her first restaurant, The Harbour in Port Isaac, for 5 years. I learnt a lot from Emily, her training is classic French & I began to strip back the food concentrating on quality & elegance.

I returned to Frome to be closer to family & raise my son Charlie (who is now 11 years old!). I worked at The Garden Cafe with Caroline Croudace ( lovely lady & clever cook) & High Pavement with Stuart & Aimee, where new ingredients & slow cooked meats took center stage as well as being the best people at creating a whole dining experience.

I love hosting & want my suppers to feel like an extension of my home where everyone is welcome. For me,  provenance is key, I love cooking what is available in the area and partnering the surroundings with the food makes the meal special. For me, it is the whole story that is important in creating a great supper club.