Godfrey Barton

Bio

Hi and welcome

My name is Godfrey and I’m a home cook with a growing interest in Italian food and producing inexpensive dishes using local, seasonal and sometimes left over bits and bobs.
My own ethos is based on my interest in River Cottage which i have followed since the very start and has been a major influence on me. I have been fortunate to have attended the pig in a day course and the four-day cookery course after which i was invited to work for a day in the River Cottage HQ kitchen.
After going back for several workdays i became very good friends with Gelf Alderson the head chef and all the other chefs that work there. two of my River Cottage mentors have appeared on The Great British Menu one representing Northeast and one representing Scotland.
I was also fortunate to have cooked for a Masterchef winner and I cooked for Hugh on one of his evenings.
This gave me a good insight to animal welfare and to look at sustainability in the food industry and the best use of seasonal produce. I share the River Cottage way of thinking and i also have my own interpretations which i hope to pass on and use in my cooking
I am also pleased that I when I was a small producer to have a 100% usage of Vegware compostable products for all my containers and carrier bags that I use to serve my food in there by helping to reduce the growing plastic problem we face today.
I am available to attend cookery demonstrations at meetings and festivals or fetes to talk about food and where it comes from, my time helping at River Cottage in the kitchen and make one or two recipes. Although I have been quiet over the last 2 years due to covid and lots of events only just starting back I have been fortunate to have a dessert photo of mine included in a Worlds best baking calendar, a feature in Delicious magazine and my Chelsea buns were featured on the Chelsea bun website for the world’s best Chelsea bun which alas I did not win. It was also the return to cookery demos by being invited to attend The Silverstone Classic new event featuring a food festival using local stall holders selling their hand made produce where I worked alongside Lesley Waters and compare Simon Brown.
I currently work on the Great British Food Festival cookery stage where I have become friends with many chef demonstrators and two of my River Cottage mentors have appeared on The Great British Menu one representing Northeast and one representing Scotland.
I hope that gives you a bit of an insight as to what i am about and hopefully see at the festivals. thank you