Fine Food with
Charles Campion
Food writer and critic
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“What’s in a name?”
23 April 2018 Fine FoodThe weeks following the British Pie Awards are always a time for reflection -
“Breaking fast”
03 November 2017 Fine FoodNext time you find yourself in a hotel breakfast room, take a look around at the other guests. This sensible folk will have got up early to tuck into double fried everything. Once upon a time everyone would have been... -
“Some like it hot”
29 September 2017 Fine FoodStand by to be swept away by a tide of melted stuff – cooked cheese is coming to town -
“The march of the seasons”
25 August 2017 Fine FoodI have a guilty secret: I cannot bring myself to throw anything away. I feel happiest in my office surrounded by cookery books; their mere presence is comforting and I tell myself that I can just reach out and pluck... -
“Cooking up trouble”
07 July 2017 Fine FoodConnoisseurs of the inappropriate one liner will be sad that Prince Phillip has withdrawn from his endless round of engagements. He recycled jokes mercilessly and showed little patience with the dignitaries he met. The Duke has an abrasive and inspiring... -
“Flamin’ June”
22 May 2017 Fine FoodFor anyone interested in cooking and eating, deciding which of the 12 months is best for food and drink is like picking a fantasy football team – it’s perfectly alright in theory but will soon be overwhelmed by events. November has... -
“Trends bubbling under”
14 April 2017 Fine FoodEarlier in 2017, when the year was but a pup, Greggs the high street baker announced an impressive rise in several key financial indicators. For investors lucky enough to hold Greggs shares, dividends were up by 8.4%, and all of... -
“Let me tell you a story”
09 March 2017 Fine FoodSome would say that Damon Runyon was one of the greatest ever masters of the short story. He wrote reams of them and was still churning stuff out on his deathbed in 1946. They are well written tales and peopled... -
“Gung hay fat choi!”
06 February 2017 Fine FoodThis year the Chinese New Year was early and the main festivities ran from 27th January until 2nd February. For everyone else this is a quiet time of year, with both food shops and restaurants choosing to lie low in... -
“Happy New Year!”
02 January 2017 Fine FoodWelcome to a New Year as yet untarnished and still full of optimism. Magazine editors everywhere will have got together and commissioned a raft of pieces about the future for January. What are the trends for 2017? Will there be...
