Chef Gareth Fulford comes from a family of butchers and has been working as a chef since his 16th birthday in numerous kitchens across the UK and going on to become one of Cheltenham’s top chefs at Purslane restaurant.
Coming from a butcher background, it is perhaps unusual that Purslane focuses on British seafood with Cotswold produce. Yet he believes his love of fish comes from the fact that seafood was a rare luxury at a butcher’s dinner table.
Before settling in the Cotswolds, Gareth spent five years working at prestigious events cooking for royalty and various A-list celebrities. He moved to the Cotswolds to work at a top-quality gastropub before realising his dream of opening his own restaurant in 2012.
Gareth opened Purslane restaurant in 2012 with business partner Stephanie and wife Helena. He sources seasonal produce from smallholders in Cheltenham and the surrounding area, finding out exactly where all the ingredients come from and how they are grown, reared or caught.
Gareth has won a host of awards over the last five years including: Good Food Guide score of 6 in 2016; Best Chef at the Taste of Gloucestershire Awards 2015. He and Purslane were shortlisted for Best Chef and Best Restaurant at the Cotswold Life Food and Drink Awards in 2014, and The Good Food Guide ranked Purslane as the 69th best restaurant in the UK.
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