Blog Archive - February 2013

Watch Us Mincing....

Posted on 28 February 2013

Tags: Food

At COOK our founding principle is "to cook using the same ingredients and techniques that a good cook would use at home so everything looks and tastes homemade." When it comes to mince, we actually go a step further and do what a good butcher would: we buy whole joints of beef, trim off any excess fat and then mince them ourselves at the Kitchen. Last week we did a bit of filming in the kitchen so we can show you how it really works.

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A Letter from Co-Founder Edward

Posted on 16 February 2013

Dear All

Right, I’m going to get straight to the point. I am generally quite a happy soul but this horse meat scandal has made me absolutely, bloody furious.

When Dale and I set up COOK 16 years ago, the whole point was to do things differently to the supermarkets. Our founding principle was: "To cook using the same ingredients and techniques that a good cook would use at home so everything looks and tastes homemade." That remains the aperture through which everything we do is judged.....

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Hello Bishop's Stortford!

Posted on 3 February 2013

Tags: Opening

It’s always really exciting when we open up a new shop - it makes us feel a little like we’re taking over the world with our remarkable food. On Friday last week we opened our new store in Bishop’s Stortford with a ribbon cutting from the wonderful Deputy Mayor, Councillor Janice Elliott (a long-time fan of COOK!) and plenty of celebratory bubbly.

Thank you to everyone who popped in to say hello and make us feel welcome in our new neighbourhood. We had an incredibly enjoyable opening weekend and hope that you'll return for more food and fun.

In celebration we've collected together some facts about the lovely town of Bishop’s Stortford, but hope to discover many more weird and wonderful things during our time here!

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