There's also lots of new members joining our website and downloading the Chef Plus app so we'd like to welcome them! Remember, if you upload your images, recipes, videos and news, we'll give you a shout out on our social media channels.
If you've just joined The Staff Canteen, here's some chefs that you should be following this month:
The most popular recipe this month was "Poor Man's Goose" - Tom Brown's main course from this year's Great British Menu Banquet. Inspired by a recipe from the NHS archives, Tom's winning dish was a whole roasted duck with potato croquette and a duck sausage.
in October, including mussels, celeriac,duck and pumpkin. Make sure you upload your seasonal recipes and images to the Chef+ app, and we'll share the best ones on our social media channels.
Our Chef Plus Member of the Month for September is Ramon Tomasini. Ramon is the executive chef at the F&D Kitchen and Bar in Lake Mary, Florida. He cooks American food using the freshest produce and taking inspiration from his Puerto Rican heritage.
The Staff Canteen Instagram Takeovers in October/November
We know that you guys love our Instagram Takeovers, so check this list and make sure you're following us to go behind the scenes with some of your favourite chefs from around the world!
Wednesday, November 7 - Loic Carbonnet, Corinthia London
Thursday, November 8 - Loughborough College and Louisa Ellis
Tuesday, November 13 - James Cochran, 1251 Restaurant
If you want to be featured in next month's What's Hot, download our mobile app Chef+ where you can upload your images, recipes, videos and news stories for chefs worldwide to see!
>>> The app is free to download.
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