Our top ten Instagram images for August!

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Celebrating The Staff Canteen's amazing Instagram followers we've put together the top ten most liked images, as decided by you! If you want to feature in September's top ten list upload your images to Instagram, follow @thestaffcanteen and hashtag your best dishes with #thestaffcanteen. The ten images which receive the most likes each month will be added to the website and showcased to our 100,000 social media followers. Here are this month's top ten: At number one: Apple mille-feuille, fennel blossom and passion fruit sorbet by @Malkieuk apple mille-feuille In second place: Cockles, mussels, red cabbage, brined octopus with a shellfish and saffron reduction, samphire, caviar, shelled peas and anise pollen by @chefjasonhoward

>>> Read our feature with Jason Howard here

jason howard In third place for August: Lemon tart by @kimberlylin1014 lemon tart Coming in at number four: Sea trout, salt-baked beets, caramelised onion yoghurt, house goats-curds by @chrisedwardson trout chris edwardson At number five: Passionfruit parfait: 100s & 1000s, chocolate, passion fruit gel by @gazrayner passion fruit gaz rayner Taking the sixth spot: @vidal31 with Potato and Chive Vichyssoise, Créme Fraiche and Charred Leeks. vidal 31 At number seven: @dan.birk with Raw swordfish, cucumber juice, ginger, lime syrup, pickled onion, sorrel and soy.

>>> Find out more about Dan in our feature with him last month

swordfish dan birk Number eight: Smoked English asparagus by Martyn Meid @inkrestaurant

>>> Read: Martyn Meid, head chef, INK, London

smoked english asparagus ink At nine: Burnt mackerel, apple and cabbage by @simon_edwards mackerel And last but not least at number 10: Beetroot mousse, beetroot purée, torched and crumbled goats cheese, charred orange, hazelnut granola, garden radish shoots by @piersdawson piers dawson  
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Editor 4th September 2015

Our top ten Instagram images for August!