Rob Cooper

On the day of Le Gavroche’s final service, we bid farewell to a true icon of British gastronomy. Many restaurants have been a success, some can even claim to have been influential, but very few can say they shaped an industry like Le Gavroche. London won’t be the same without it

Is there a future for farming in Kent? My special report for @KMTV_kent airs at 5:45 today. I've spent much of December working on this project. I've spoken to, one of the oldest and youngest fruit growers in the county. Plus a company hoping to change the way we source food.

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@PureKent Love that x

Current side project!

@Jackscottkent Thank you very much squire x

Some nice looking chard and lettuce for @comfyrobcooks for another warm week..

Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

What better way to start the half term holidays / bank holiday weekend than a sewage dump onto the neatest beach Step forward @SouthernWater, impeccable timing "Herne Bay beach issued with ‘no bathing warning’ after a sewage release by Southern Water." kentonline.co.uk/herne-bay/news…

@Jackscottkent Can I have some pls

Broad beans... wish I had more!

The big idea: why we need a new definition of junk food theguardian.com/books/2023/may…

@LittleStourOrch @littlegreentip1 Love Ottinge , we use all there dairy in the restaurant. X

Filled up with raw milk direct from farm today. Would love to do this more often but it’s a nearly 30 mile round trip so is it worth it? Am in an EV so perhaps 🤔 @littlegreentip1

@Jackscottkent Hey can you drop off some wild garlic pls Jack x

At least they won't want watering in...

@drdickdixon Love that gaff

@drdickdixon Early doors

@Jackscottkent They were lovely x

Last lot of cauliflower, followed early potatoes and then Spring onions now going into beetroot then clovers.

@Jackscottkent Can you drop us off some more wild garlic pls x

Would appreciate some dry weather.

I am hearing more & more horror stories from the hospitality industry. Established, highly successful businesses buckling under the weight of energy costs. Providers of jobs, community hubs & revenue dropping like flies.

The destruction of Thanet continues apace...

@mhdksafa Hello

@Jackscottkent Looking good

Few more weeks till seed sowing. Garlic looking strong.