Island Stories | Episode 8 – Robert Thompson
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It’s the final episode of Season 1 of the podcast – and we’ve got a ‘Michelin-starred’ interview for you. Robert Thompson – chef and restaurateur – and now newly-minted Chef Patron at boutique hotel North House in Cowes.
Robert has been on the Island since taking over as Head Chef at The Hamborough in Ventnor in 2008, earning a Michelin star for the Island one year later.
We chat about his new venture at North House, his award-winning career as a chef and the need for the Island to have its own abattoir in order to become fully sustainable – in the face of rising food prices.
Finally on the podcast we always ask the same quickfire 5 questions about the Island.
So here are Robert Thompson’s 5 Island things:
1.Favourite place to eat or grab a coffee?
The Heron
2.Best place for a walk, swim or meditation?
Swimming pool at North House3.Favourite Island activity?
Mackerel fishing off Yarmouth4.Which Island charity is closest to your heart?
Mountbatten Hospice5.What do you love most about this island of ours?
The ‘unspoilt’ nature
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