Chef's recipes

Mouth-watering recipes for you to enjoy with your family. Our chefs have come up with some great recipe ideas to make at home using staple ingredients from your kitchen cupboards.

Meet the chefs

Chris Morris is our Head Chef in The Kitchen and heads a team of four other chefs. Senior Sous Chef, Tracey Anning-Bennett has also put on her inventive chef's hat to join Chris in delivering a selection of recipes.

Left: Chris Morris (Head Chef). Top: Tracey Anning-Bennett (Senior Sous Chef). Bottom: The Kitchen view.

Chris started his career over 20 years ago in London, then moved to the South West after working in Sydney, Australia. He enjoys working with fresh, local, seasonal produce, treating the ingredients simply to make them the stars of the dishes. Chris believes in the importance of constantly learning and is currently exploring ways, with his team, to create more interesting vegetarian and vegan dishes.

Tracey has 28 years experience in the catering industry, working and learning from many different chefs over the years in a number of high-quality hotels, pubs and restaurants. Living and working in such a beautiful rural coastal area, Tracey enjoys using an abundance of quality local produce from both the land and sea as the basis for all the dishes at The Kitchen. She also has a passion for baking cakes, pastries and breads.

Recipe ideas

Sweet ideas

Carrot cupcakes

The kids will have fun making up a bunch of these delicious carrot cupcakes that are vegan-friendly too.

Traditional Italian biscotti

These rustic twice-baked biscuits are traditionally served alongside coffee, making the perfect after-dinner treat.

Vegan chocolate and cherry cake

This easy chocolate cake is made with dairy free alternatives but is a truly scrumptious showstopper for any special occasion.

Savoury ideas

Roasted seabass with tomato and lentil stew

Liven up midweek meals with this hearty but healthy fish dish, which is so quick and easy to put together, you'll have it on the dinner table in under half an hour.

Spiced butternut squash, lentil and coconut soup

A healthy but hearty winter-warmer, packed full of wholesome ingredients. Serve with warm crusty bread for a nourishing lunch or satisfying supper.

Sweet potato, spinach and chickpea curry

Sweet potato, chickpea and spinach curry

This tasty vegetarian curry makes for a hearty yet healthy family dinner. It is packed full of nutritious, good-for-you ingredients, but is a cheap and easy dish to make for all the family.

Recipe archive

Apple and mincemeat tart
Asparagus, red onion and ricotta filo tart
Baked sweet potato with smokey banana blossom
Beetroot tarte tatin
Blackberry and coconut squares
Black forest porridge
Blueberry oat pancakes with summer berries
Bramley apple and butternut squash chutney
Brunch burrito
Cinnamon buns
Cinnamon crumble mince pies
Courgette, tomato and basil spaghetti
Flour tortillas
Granola breakfast pots
Homemade Chinese takeaway
Homebaked pizza
Oat and seed flapjacks
Paprika and Parmesan cheese straws
Pea, leek and mint risotto
Peanut butter cookies
Pistachio, courgette and lemon cake
Raspberry marshmallows
Raspberry and almond sponge
Roasted pepper, butternut squash and onion quiche
Shakshuka
Spanish omelette
Stuffed courgette flowers
Summer tomato salad
Summer berry pavlova
Tomato, pesto and Parmesan focaccia
Traditional mince pies
Turkey meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce
Wild garlic pesto