News: Jamie’s Corner

17th July 2015

Jamie’s Corner

In the Corner this month is Oldroyd on Upper Street in Islington. Opened on 9th July it is the first venture from Tom Oldroyd, formerly the Chef Director of the superb Polpo Group. A former cafe, it has now been transformed into a beautifully compact 40 cover restaurant, with every bit of space imaginatively made use o... more

15th June 2015

Jamie’s Corner

On a warm summer's day, we all met up at Paddington station for the early train down to Taunton in Somerset. The Geronimo chefs headed up by Mark Daniels and I, were paying our final visit to Gothelney Farm to check up on the 10 Mangalitsas which have been lovingly reared by Fred Price, on behalf of Geronimo. Fred ... more

14th May 2015

Jamie’s Corner

Now, I'm sure you will all agree the biggest headache that a chef has is getting their deliveries at a time that suits them. The biggest headache we have at Select is getting deliveries to the chefs at that time! We believe we have a very efficient delivery schedule, which comes as a result of working very closely w... more

28th April 2015

Jamie’s Corner

It was an early Monday morning at Paddington Station when I met up with a group of bleary eyed Geronimo Head Chefs and the Group Development Chefs, Mark and Wayne. Our mission was ‘Project Pig’ - a trip to Somerset to choose 10 Rare Breed Mangalitza pigs for their ‘top to toe’ Summer Promotion, that focuses on ... more