John Abbey

@jwalkermobile @cynthia_hayes Everything goes with Chablis……….

@cynthia_hayes Great pairing with the Chablis as well.

My tastebuds just exploded

@cynthia_hayes I think they supply a lot of your narcotics?

Well there is that…I was thinking what have they done for us lately🤭

@jwalkermobile @Noles31BB @teamhrc There used to be (may still be?) a young couple in France who drove round the country in a bus converted into a restaurant (high end). Stopped one night in each village. Came to Chablis but unfortunately was fully booked. Looked fantastic.

@Noles31BB @teamhrc I was just saying to Sarah how much I love the idea of a mobile, outdoor restaurant. Something I could happily see myself doing.

Going to a mobile, outdoor, pasta event at a local farm, bringing a lil’ white wine Shaved Farm Zucchini Salad EVOO / torn mint / seed crumble / lemon Spaghettoni all'Amatriciana San Marzano tomato / guanciale / Calabrian chile pecorino Paccheri sweet corn / roasted mushrooms / smoked ricotta basil/ black pepper/crispy shallot Garlic Scape Malaldine CT Garlic Co. garlic scapes / Killam & Bassette squash toasted pistachio / Parmesan Tiramisu savolardi / mascarpone / espresso / cocoa

@NickAnt12345 @DavidMarra Chablis. It’s a little French town in the middle of nowhere. Makes a nice wine. (Most years…….)

@Chablislodge @DavidMarra Tbh, I’ve never heard of it 🤷‍♂️

Well @Chablislodge…

@DavidMarra @NickAnt12345 It’s not ‘quite good’. It’s undrinkable. What did your ‘expert’ say Nick? Flavours of sour lemon? (And he thought this was a good characteristic of Chablis). Sometimes I think God, in her infinite wisdom, invented Twitter just to annoy me.

@NickAnt12345 @Chablislodge Honestly it’s quite good, but the acidity is cutting, so you have to adjust for that. Much better than I expected. More like what I’d expect from a petit than a village, but given the challenges of the growing season, I’m impressed

@DavidMarra @NickAnt12345 I’m sorry. You boys can kid yourselves all you like. Good luck to you. I’m an old man. My life is too short to drink ‘24 Chablis. Thankfully there are wine ‘experts’ who will convince foreigners to drink it and save us locals the pain. 🤢🤣🤣🤣

@Chablislodge @NickAnt12345 😂🤣🤣🤣😂

@cynthia_hayes You are far too kind, Cynthia, and I will pass that lovely compliment on to she-who-must-be-obeyed. 🙏❤️

Those look amazingly delicious😋 The best gougeres I have ever eaten were lovingly made by @Chablislodge beautiful bride🥰❤️

@jwalkermobile @MattChristmas1 @ChezBruce rounds ‘em up in Trafalgar Square (allegedly………)

@MattChristmas1 Love this Matt. Where do you source your Pigeons?

Anjou pigeon, offal croûton, sautéed grapes and red wine

@ChezBruce @michelrouxjr @AlastairMorgan Outside the big cities France is far cleaner. I think the fact that the recycling centres accept everyone free of charge (including commercial vans) is a big factor. No need for fly tipping.

@michelrouxjr @AlastairMorgan I was in France recently and thought it much cleaner than the UK. I always think there is less litter by roadsides there than here. Our roadsides are appalling. Sadly I think it’s a behavioural thing. And getting worse …

Litter! The UK has a worse litter problem than many other developed countries, compared with northern Europe, Japan and Singapore. This is not because UK lacks waste collection or public services; Main reasons: behaviour, social norms, packaging, and very limited enforcement.

@bordo0715 Just ‘Sir John’ will be fine……

@Chablislodge That doesn’t mean we have to Address you as such.

Pleased to see French journalists understand my importance………’Sir John Abbey’. Has a nice ring to it I think.

@GarrethAspinall We’ll be hearing he eats his beans out of a ramekin when he has a full English next…….

Fucking hell this man cannot be PM.

Here we go @JojoRussellvine beetroot gazpacho (not mine -Chablis Wine Not)

@NickAnt12345 @cynthia_hayes Just have to hope (or not?) I’m still alive this time next year. If I’m not help yourself to any bottle/s you fancy in the cellar and raise a glass to me please. ‘He was really quite intelligent. But he hid it EXTRAORDINARILY well’ (my headmaster when he expelled me)

@cynthia_hayes He’s a funny chap! As punishment, we’ve booked into his place in Chablis on the way back from St Tropez 2027 🇫🇷🎯

🙌🏻😂

@NickAnt12345 @ChezBruce And then Cornus…….@ChezBruce alumni ❤️❤️

@Chablislodge Anyway, next up after that is @ChezBruce and then that new one in London Chez Rose as madam wants to go there (something about the chef 🙄)

@NickAnt12345 Not necessary. I’ll draw you a map and show you where the loft hatch is. Obviously you’ll need to bring a ladder with you for dinner.

@Chablislodge Oh of course! Shall I wear a black out and mask and enter through the window?

@kateward11 We had a leak in our cabinet

In all seriousness, can we have less leaking from Cabinet next time around?

@playinglesshurt It’s a bloody nightmare. And at our conservatoire we have to sight read alto as well. And in formation musicale we do ‘gym’. 8 différent 30 note passages we have to memorise then read in solfege starting on any note prof chooses…….☹️🙄😢

Did you know? We cellists routinely read 3 clefs: bass, tenor and treble. Sometimes music is written an octave higher than it sounds so we must read it playing an octave lower. But brass players often have to transpose music into different keys on sight! Brain exercises! #music