The Wild Garlic Mat Follas

With two aa rosettes the wild garlic is listed in the good food guide and the michelin guide and was awarded 9 10 by the telegraph and 9 5 10 by the guardian.

The wild garlic mat follas. Mat follas was the winner of the bbc s masterchef programme in 2009. His final winning dish consisted of a starter of trio of rabbit with nettles and pancetta crisps. Harvest sustainably from a spray free location and do not take more than one leaf or flower head from any plant or you may damage the plant. Make wild garlic puree from early wild garlic shoots or flowers the flowers give the best flavour the season is march to june.

And for dessert a creamy lavender and. About mat follas mat won the tv series bbc masterchef in 2009 then opened his first restaurant the wild garlic to considerable national acclaim. He uses traditional methods from pickling to smoking to imbue vibrant combinations of flavours producing dishes where the ingredients taste intensely of themselves. A main of spider crab thermidor accompanied with mussels foraged sea vegetables and a side of chips.

Wild garlic freezes really well as a puree so harvest some in season and freeze. Gidday ltd verulam house unit 1 cropmead crewkerne somerset ta18 7hq. The next thing i knew mat follas the chef and owner of the wild garlic and winner of masterchef 2009 tweeted to me why don t you come and cook burmese food at my place i am not a chef. The chef is mat follas the it geek now reigning as masterchef.

And serendipitously his inspiration is denmark s noma just declared the best restaurant in the world. Served in a relaxed rustic setting the menu is firmly rooted in the british seasons. The wild garlic beaminster. Masterchef 2009 winner mat follas serves honest british dishes which include foraged and wild foods.

A restaurant has been opened called wild garlic and it s sensational. Baking 4 christmas pudding 1 france 1 kai we care 1 main 13 main vegetarian 1 masterchef 18 other 16. What a difference a year makes matt follas has gone from winning a tv cooking competition to setting up this little beauty of a restaurant. For mat follas books and personal appearances please contact gidday ltd e.

So i m delighted to see garlic being rehabilitated. Click picture to email me. I had never been in a professional kitchen. The wild garlic was awarded 2 aa rosettes and was recommended in the good food guide and the michelin guide.

Mat is a cook who has created a highly personal repertoire of dishes using ingredients that are naturally delicious whether foraged farmed or hunted.