Chef Kevin Ashton
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International Chef and Food Columnist living in the Stourport-on-Severn,England. Cooking demonstrator, chef,passionate foodie, restaurant consultant. Here you will get Recipes, advice, reviews, travelogues & news from Chef Kevin Ashton.
Chef Kevin Ashton
2M ago
I promised my students that I would create something made of chocolate since the lesson today happened to fall on Valentine’s Day 14th February. I wanted to create an intense chocolate flavour but not make the finished dessert too heavy, as many chocolate tart recipes can be if they are made from a chocolate ganache ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
3M ago
This is just an idea I had to teach the students in my latest cookery class that a few humble ingredients can make a stunning lunch time dish. You can even save money with a little planning. I serve the salmon on crushed baby potatoes and the sauce would you believe is made from chicken ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
3M ago
Sometimes the idea for a recipe just comes to me and then other times it is a matter of honing and polishing an old recipe of mine to see if I can improve it. Of course practicing a dish again and again has a down side unless you go to the gym 3-4 days a ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
4M ago
Capitol Building Between 1983-1994 I worked in and around Washington DC. I never dreamed when I decided to return to England that 28 years would pass before I returned, but time has a tendency of slipping away. Before my trip in late May / early June, I had written down a list of places I’d ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
5M ago
My current cookery course is focused on cooking from South and East Asia. For lesson one I taught my students two dishes from China. Then for lesson 2 we moved onto Japan. For this lesson I wanted to show students how to make a Ramen at home. One that you can buy all the ingredients ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
6M ago
People who enjoy cooking often have a fear of making sauces, so they buy ready made sauces that are full of chemical additives, so I’m on a mission to teach people that sauce making is easier than you think! If you scroll to the bottom of the page I will explain about the six mother ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
8M ago
This recipe is very simple and yet a classical and the beauty of my recipe is it tastes as good as if you use regular flour and breadcrumbs, so you can happily serve it to all of your guests. When writing a menu for the different hotels and restaurants I’ve worked in, I have always ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
8M ago
On Tuesday I showed my BBQ MasterClass students that it’s easy to make homemade pizza from scratch on a barbecue. I made the pizza dough the night before and place it in my fridge once the dough had doubled in size. Then I made the caramelised red onions, roasted garlic, grilled red peppers on the ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
9M ago
Regardless of the unpredictable weather we have suffered in the UK, in 2023, cooking outdoors is continuing to grow in popularity. Whenever I give BBQ MasterClasses, I try to get my audience to broaden the range of dishes they cook but of course that also depends on the equipment they have in their backyard. I’ve ..read more
Chef Kevin Ashton
9M ago
Today was the second lesson of my online via zoom BBQ Master Class. Last week one of my students asked me about making desserts on the BBQ, so I created this one for today’s lesson. The Key to making your dessert dishes on the BBQ is a clean grill and free from of bits of ..read more