CHARLOTTE SKIDMORE attends the launch of a very different style of dining in Somerset.
NORMALLY in my household there’s really long discussions on the subject of where to eat out, to the point that I feel like I might spontaneously combust at any moment. So, imagine my delight when that debate was taken out of my hands.
Secret Location Dining is the brainchild of Elke Winzer of Exmoor4All and Claire Lynch of Claire’s Kitchen. Both are people I have met many times over the years and who I consider to be synonomous with a passion for the food that is produced in our fair county.
This bodes well with the fact they have started this joint venture, which kicked off in style in March.
I turned up at what is to be the regular meeting point at these events, West Somerset Railway Station, with a little trepadation as this new venture is all about secrecy and neither party had uttered a word to reveal where the first dining venue would be.
This story is from the May 2017 edition of Somerset Life.
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