Mitch Tonks

Now summer is here it’s time for bottles & magnums of light rosé from the Riviera. Bouilabaise is the most famous seafood dish of the coast towns. Enjoy baskets of wonderful crudités, steamed artichokes and grilled scallops. The main event will be Bouiilabaise served in the traditional style. The fish is first cooked in a rich broth which is served first and the fish then filleted at the table and served with aioli and potatoes. Bouilabaise is a wonderful experience. £60 per person – to include aperitivo, anti pasti and 3 courses (wines excluded).

Contact RockFish Grill for Bristol reservations 01179 737384

Contact the Seahorse for reservations or call 01803 835147

Mitch will once again be demostrating and cooking at the week long celebration of seafood in Pembrokeshire.  More details on demos and timings to follow and check out the official website. 

We love the Balaerics, the food is unique and the preparation of seafood there is wonderful. The menu this evening will feature typical dishes of the islands including the famous lobster calderetta cooked by the fishermen in the North of the island of Menorca. We will prepare this wonderful dish using our local lobster which will be simmered slowly in claypots over charcoal where it developsthe most wonderful flavour of the sea. £60 – Aperitivo & four courses (excluding wines).  

Contact RockFish Grill for Bristol reservations or call 0117 9737384

Contact The Seahorse for reservations or call 01803 835147

Mitch will be cooking up at this year's Dartington Food Fair, which will be a great family fun day out on the famous Dartington Hall Estate located a mile from Totnes in the beautiful South Hams area of Devon.  It will take place at the beginning of June on Sunday 3rd, Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th June from 10am until 6pm at The Shops at Dartington (entrance off the A 385) in association with Taste of The West. For most information, http://www.dartington.org/shops/food-fair

We love our MSC Norwegian cod and haddock but we also love the fish from outside our window. We will be putting on a special menu made up of only our local fish, enjoy fried brill, turbot, red mullet, sea bass, dover sole, weever fish & whatever else our local fishermen catch for that day. If you want to try our local seafood then this is the night to do it. Menu will be priced individually – dishes from £6

Tuscany is Italy’s food capital with it’s wonderful seafood and fantastic meats, this evening we will enjoy both using the best of our local seafood. The beef or “Bistecca” in Florence, for me, is one of the finest pieces of meat I have ever eaten. We will use the finest aged meat  and will use the larger thick “T” bone cut  The meat they will be prepared in the traditional style - roasted over the fire and served with Tuscan olive oil, rosemary and sea salt. The evening will be hosted by Michelle Satta one of Tuscany’s rising star’s and producer of the some of the finest wines in Bolgheri.  £60 – aperitivo, anti pasti & four courses (wine excluded).

19th May at RockFish Grill, Bristol for reservations 01179 737384

18th May at the The Seahorse for reservations 01803 835147