Chef demo – 2pm on Saturday with Mick Smith

Paul Welburn has trained with some of the best chefs in Britain, Gary Rhodes, Richard Corrigan and Andrew Pern to name but a few  . He has  years of Michelin-star cooking behind him, holding a Michelin Star and 3 AA rosettes on two occasions , the first time came during his time  in London at  Rhodes  W1  Restaurant achieving this  at the age of 26, the second time came more recently in Oxford in 2018 .

Cooking gently nostalgic British dishes with a modern twists, his career has already spanned top London restaurants, taking him a long way from his Scarborough roots.

Born and raised in North Yorkshire, he says it was where that he learned the value of working with humble ingredients, of getting the best out of what was available, and of ensuring that no part of an ingredient went to waste.

In 2014 he appeared on Great British Menu , His main course for the D-Day brief, ‘Blackout Beef’ with beef rib, beef heart, carrot and bone marrow, was awarded a perfect 10/10 by veteran judge Phil Howard.

Wherever possible the dishes highlighted the best of British seasonal produce – both farmed and foraged – something important to Paul’s identity as a chef

Paul relocated to Oxford after a brief consultancy helping Jodie Kidd open her Gastro Pub in Sussex and joined the Oxford Kitchen as Executive Chef in 2018 and in his first year was awarded,  3 AA rosettes and  1 Michelin Star ( the first Michelin Star in the city for over 30 years ,  and the only one since.

Paul has since relocated to Cornwall and launched ‘Fern’  Restaurant near Bodmin,  cooking small plates and an ever Evolving seasonal menu,  he has also published his debut Cookbook aptly named ‘Evolve’ and enjoying becoming part of the great food scene here in Cornwall.