Raymond Blanc

I've been waiting for these! Raymond Blanc is very big on locally sourced food, and sustainable food. He's a fabulous person through and through.

I love these shots too, Nige.

I forgot the important question - did you get to eat?

ahhhh thats what I want to know too :-)

he is so enthusiastic......wonderful shots :-0

Hehe. thanks Caine & p. I was deliberating over my favourite images.

He really was nothing short of amazing, but I was so focused that I didn't get a chance to sample the fare! The dishes looked amazing though, and I think everyone really connected with the fact that the produce was literally grown in the allotments down the road. It was really all about the families and it was great to see how they connected with the man through food. There was quite literally a change in attitude from many of the kids not quite knowing who he was at the beginning, cut to an hour later after they had tasted some wonderful food and they were in the palm of his hand. Really wonderful.

Nige! How could you not eat? Tsk.

You have no idea how close I was to the food too. Blimey, I know...

photographs and food: two of my best passions...

Brilliant! .... but I have to ask what were the children in pic 4 looking back at?

Indeed mh ; )

Maggie, I think a plane flew overhead or something. They lost momentary interest in the chef :)

Nice one. I went to his restaurant last year. Good grub.

Le Manoir, t, or one of the brasseries?

Never heard of him! But this all sounds wonderful, and the photos are brill :)

Super shots, and what an experience!

There goes my food envy again.

Lovely passionate shots about food! Love the one with the grabbing hands. That's a classic. And people say kids aren't interested in food. Nice one.

hey what a fabulous idea

hey what a fabulous idea

What a fantastic thing to do - and the photos are fantastic of course.

My sister used to live next door to Le Manoir - in fact Raymond Blanc bought their house when they moved. I think it's staff quarters or something now.

*bows low. Would have loved to have shot something like this.

Thanks guys, it really was a great morning.

cariadus i'm sure the value must have shot up even more now then!

E_C_P, I think you would have enjoyed it. I have several in b&w; too, which I much prefer, but I kept the original colours for many as some have to go in the local newspaper. I kinda wish they weren't so advanced as to print in colour.

chap looks like a rather larger than life character with a bucket load of personality to slosh about...

Perfect work!,

Smashing stuff.

His Leeds brasserie is splendid :)