Keith Floyd’s Cookery Theatre at Linthwaite House

Legendary chef Keith Floyd, doyen of English cookery writers and one of the most colourful presenters on TV, has been presenting his own unique brand of cookery theatre at Linthwaite House Hotel, overlooking Lake Windermere in the Lake District.

Keith Floyd has published over 27 books in his career, (including three in the last year – Floyd's China; Keith Floyd's Thai Food and A Splash and a Dash just out) and he has presented 19 TV series which were phenomenally successful (and still being televised throughout 40 countries world wide). Last year Keith performed in his sell out one man show (which we witnessed) where he told us about his very colourful life in a very colourful way. Hehas also opened his Floyd’s Thai Restaurant in Phuket.

When Keith Floyd came to Kendal in his one man show, he stayed at Linthwaite and was so knocked out by the Lake District that he suggested to us that a Cookery Theatre would give him the opportunity to be in the Lakes more often!

He demonstrated varieties of his culinary world; including French Provincial Cooking; Fish and Shellfish (the first Floyd TV programmes were on Fish); Back to British; and Mediterranean Cooking. His audience had a chance to rub shoulders and exchange culinary thoughts with the great man himself. They also tasted his food as he cooks and interacted with Floyd – something you couldn’t do with TV!

Keith has recently produced a VideoCast for Cumbria Tourism in which he explains how to create a dish called 'Cumbria on a Plate'