News from The Black Rock Grill

Dan Talks – Can YouTube teach you to cook?

When you go out for dinner, chances are that the chef who makes your meal trained at some sort of culinary school. My uncle’s a professional cook and he’s got a very fancy sounding Diploma in Advanced Professional Cookery, as well as experience in lots of different restaurants. Though I have to say that doesn’t

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Dan Talks – Food Fears

I recently read an article all about some of the most unusual food-related phobias and there were definitely plenty that I’d never thought of before. Have you ever heard of deipnophobia? It’s the fear of dining and having conversations over dinner! I’m not sure I have that phobia myself but I certainly do prefer getting

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Dan Talks – Can you eat Christmas Tree?

Have you heard the news that top chef John Williams, who cooks at London’s fancy Ritz Hotel, reckons that we should all be eating our Christmas trees? Only once you’re done with it of course – it’s not to replace your Christmas dinner or anything. And it doesn’t apply to fake trees either, because plastic

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