Revelations: Guy Owen, chef, St Enodoc hotel, Cornwall

21 March 2022 by
Revelations: Guy Owen, chef, St Enodoc hotel, Cornwall

We delve into the life and inner thoughts of a top chef. This week: Guy Owen, who has competed on Great British Menu

What was your first job in catering?

Working in a local fish and chip restaurant in a small fishing village called Mevagissey, where I was tumbling potatoes, making chips and washing dishes

What do you normally have for breakfast?

This massively depends on the day. Having two young children to get ready in the mornings dictates what you have and how much time you have. But ideally it would be porridge with fresh fruit and an espresso

What is your favourite restaurant?

There are so many great restaurants I could choose. In London the meals I have eaten at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and the Harwood Arms have been incredible. More locally in Cornwall, what Jude Kereama does at Kota in Porthleven is on another level, also Ben Ambridge's food at the Fox's Revenge in Summercourt is incredible

What is your favourite drink?

A cold pint of Camden Hell's, but I also love a good iced tea

What is your favourite cuisine?

Asian, primarily Japanese. It's an incredible cuisine with so much attention to detail and skill

Are there any foods/ingredients that you refuse to cook with? If so, why?

Anything that comes from poor farming practises. Very low standard meat, for instance, or poorly caught fish. We work really hard here to work with our suppliers to make sure everything we use is responsibly caught, reared or farmed

If you had not gone into catering, where do you think you would be now?

Probably something like working in the police. I did want to be a vet once upon a time, but you need a good grasp of academia, and that's not really me

Describe your ultimate nightmare?

Wearing a shirt and tie

Tell us a secret...

I have a stammer that only the people closest to me know about, and take the mick out of (which I love). I mask it by linking a sentence together by using swearwords... good job I'm a chef!

What's your favourite film?

The Lion King, the original. You tell me of a better beginning to any film

Who would play "you" in a film about your life?

That's a tough one. Jack Nicholson

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