One chef making smoke in the Devon town of Honiton is Angus McCraig of the Holt Inn, It was two years ago when I introduced Angus to Bradley Smokers at the local Honiton and District Agricultural Show. I met him there again this month, albeit briefly during a respite from smoker demos, in the food hall, where he was busy serving from the stand of his new craft smoking business Smoking Jacket Foods. I was of course delighted to hear that his Bradley Smoker had produced everything on display - smoked salmon and smoked duck proving most popular.
Angus has had a lot of local press interest recently. I found this piece in the Express and Echo and he also feautured with an article specifically on curing in the Western Morning News. Interestingly enough Angus, and his wife Kate, are planning smoked food and curing courses for the near future - we will be sure to keep you informed!
Smokin’ aces: The portable backyard smoker of my dreams …
So ran the strapline to the article written by Tom Parker Bowles in the Mail on Sunday Live Magazine
on Sunday 27th July 08 (full article) in which he devotes his weekly article to enthusing about the Bradley Smoker.
As chance would have it the Bradley UK team were that day exhibiting at the CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace. “What makes this smoker better than that one over there?” I was asked by one strident individual. How I would have loved to have just handed over the Tom Parker Bowles article and said “Look, don’t take my word for it - just read about it in today’s Sunday papers!” I didn’t of course, and carried on with a demonstration and explanation of the efficacies of both hot and cold smoking with the Bradley Smoker. As I recall, the gentleman did buy a Bradley, and without reading the article!
We have nevertheless had a lot of feedback from the article and we can only thank Tom for his interest and enthusiasm. Our thanks too, to the renowned chef Mark Hix (Hix Oyster and Chophouse) who inspired Tom with the quality of the cold smoked salmon he was producing in his Bradley. May they both continue to spread the news!
