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<b>Matthew Tebbutt</b><br /><br /> Look out for Matt competing on BBC2's 'Great British Menu' and co-presenting 'Market Kitchen' with Tana Ramsey & Tom Parker-Bowles on uktvfood.<br /><br /> His cookery programme 'Food for all Seasons' on ITV Wales featured the intrepid chef out-and-about visiting his local suppliers and back in The Foxhunter kitchens creating some tasty dishes using a selection of their produce.<br /><br /> The restaurant and some of Matt's recipes are also featured in 'The Gastropub Cookbook' by Daily Telegraph food-writer Diana Henry and the recently published ‘Best of British Fish’ by Hattie Ellis. These books are available to buy at The Foxhunter, along with the Great British Menu cookbook from the latest series.<br /><br /> <b>Biography</b><br /><br /> Having completed a diploma course in London with Leith’s School of Food & Wine, Matt Tebbutt set his sights on some of the best restaurants in the UK, with a view to acquiring the breadth of experience that would set him up to run his own successful restaurant.<br /><br /> A true baptism of fire followed in the form of a traineeship with renowned Michelin starred chef, Marco Pierre White, working at The Oak Room and then The Criterion. Matt later moved to the kitchens of Chez Bruce, working under the tutelage of Bruce Poole, master of classic French food and leading advocate of ‘affordable excellence’.<br /><br /> Working at ‘Clarke’s’, Sally Clarke’s Kensington restaurant, Matt was exposed to the art of bread making at one of the most skilled bakeries in the UK.<br /><br /> One of his strongest influences, clearly evident in the Foxhunter menu is Alastair Little, pioneer of the non-stuffy, high-quality eatery and renowned for revolutionary freshness and flavour. Matt worked with Alastair at his Lancaster Road and Soho restaurants, celebrated for its no-nonsense British cooking, with a Northern Italian twist.<br /><br /> Tremendous inspiration and support over the years has also come from Franco and Ann Taruschio, former owners of the nearby Walnut Tree in Abergavenny, where both Matt and his wife have dined since they were children, growing up in Wales.<br /><br /> Matt is a passionate exponent of Modern British cooking, using only the freshest, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients within honest recipes designed to highlight those ingredients.
AA Notable Wine List 2006 & 2007
Perfect Pub Awards : Best Food 2007
Wales the True Taste (Cymru y Gwir Flas) - Dining Out Gold 2005
AA Restaurant of the Year for Wales
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