Chef Kevin Ashton

Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream Sandwich©Kevin Ashton 2026 Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream Sandwiches (serves 6) Ice cream sandwiches had already started being sold by street vendors in New York by 1899. Manufacturers capitalised on this creation when a notable recipe for the ice cream sandwich was written in a book published by Charles Herman Senn in 1900 titled Ices, and How to Make Them. I taught my…

Ultimate Chicken Caesar Salad©Kevin Ashton 2026 With the British heatwave continuing I decided to teach my students how to make the Ultimate Chicken Caesar Salad. I used skin on chicken breasts that I wrapped in smoked bacon, homemade croutons, and of course real Caesar Salad dressing made from scratch. A delicious meal full of juicy flavour! I wanted my chicken breasts to keep plenty of…

The other day I published the second episode of my podcast series on my youtube channel and you can find the episode further down the page. My YouTube channel also passed another milestone and I now have over 8,000 subscribers! In the big scheme of things 8,000 is very small but I am very pleased with how my subscription numbers have climbed from 7,000 in March to 8,000 by the end of May, which…

Chicken Teriyaki©KevinAshton 2026 Some of my students wanted a recipe that was simple to make, inexpensive and could be made on a work night. So I created a Chicken Teriyaki with homemade Teriyaki sauce and I also showed the class how to make Japanese Potato Salad. I used skin on chicken thighs and showed the class how easy it is to bone out the thighs, making the dish very economical. Why not…

I first wrote this post back in 2022 but the situation has not changed, so I decided to create a short 4 minutes video on my YouTube channel to share my thoughts and recommendations on milk saucepans. A milk pan seems like a simple thing to design and get right, so why do so many cookware manufacturers get them wrong?  Currently most milk saucepans are too shallow making it far too easy for the…

As a chef I get very frustrated by the design choices made by cookware companies.

Chicken Meatballs with Red Pepper Sauce©Kevin Ashton 2026 The idea behind my chicken meatball recipe is to make it flexible so you can serve it with a roasted red pepper sauce and pasta, or even a Green Thai Curry Sauce. To do that successfully I don’t want to add any strong flavours to the meatballs themselves and I also need to create a recipe that keeps the moisture inside the meatballs. …

                       Feijoada (Brazilian Black Bean Stew)©Kevin Ashton 2026 Feijoada is rich, smoky, and comforting, served traditionally with rice, sautéed collard greens or kale, orange slices, and a sprinkling of toasted cassava flour (farofa). In Brazil, Saturday is considered the official day of Feijoada, turning the meal into a social event shared with family and friends. It’s a dish…

Growing a Youtube channel is a full of ups and downs, the competition just to get seen is fierce and each year I have feelings of elation and frustration in equal measure. Through it all , the number of subscribers continues to grow, in fits and starts….but never the less it is growing – since August 2025 I have added 3,000 more subscribers which is wonderful. Some creators publish 30 or more…

Pork Tenderloin with White Pudding and Wild Mushroom Sauce©Kevin Ashton 2026 I must admit wild mushrooms are a favourite ingredient of mine and so versatile. But the starting point for this recipe was the fact that a butcher sent me some white pudding to try.  Although you may not find white pudding in the US, it is quite popular in all parts of the UK.  Also known as hogs pudding, this…

I’ve been thinking about getting rasp style zester for some time.  When I looked on sites like Amazon there seemed to be two that consistently got good reviews; Microplane and a German company called Deiss.  The Microplane zester made in America was the original and is quite a bit more expensive than the Deiss, so I decided to get them both and test for myself to see which zester performed…