People in Food
Being creative is at the essence of Jolly Carter’s core. It has taken him to Chelsea School of Art in New York and back home to Dorset to start Dorshi, one of the county’s most progressive restaurants. Neither Jolly, whose Read more »
Catherine Taylor
People at Work
Brothers, business partners, travelling buddies, drinking cohorts and general muckers, the Ironmonger brothers Charlie and John do a lot of things together. Four years ago they set up Taddle Farm Tents, a marquee hire company which is expanding year on Read more »
People in Food Paul Wiscombe
Bang, crash, go the barrels as they are rolled across to the other side of the car park, where the empties are stacked. Paul Wiscombe, Landlord of The Anchor at Seatown’s childhood memories involve helping his parents at the pub Read more »
People at Work Romla Ryan
Superglue, baby wipes, multiway phone chargers, strip wax, magnums of champagne, packets of brightly coloured pasta from Italy, coconut cream, every spice combination you could wish for, personally selected red, white and rose wine, locally made mead, original Edwardian bottles Read more »
Lloyd Brown
Lloyd Brown, MD of Grey Bear Bar Company grew up in Alton Pancreas, a hamlet nestled in the Piddle Valley. He went straight from school into his first job at The Victoria Hotel, Dorchester, knowing then that he wanted to Read more »
Toby Horne
If it hadn’t been for Toby’s mum he wouldn’t be Operations Director at Beehive Self Storage and Beehive Toy Factory. Nine years ago, Richard Stone, the owner of Beehive received a phone call from a very persistent lady, who had Read more »
Sasha Mitchell
“It’s all about the breath”, imparts Sasha Mitchell who runs the SW Division of Resonance Voice Training, a company that provides personal impact, voice and presentation skills training. She helps people present themselves better, speak more fully, manage nerves and Read more »
Sally Allan
Sally Allan’s first lobster was caught in Jersey waters. She was on holiday, visiting her uncle, when he took her to meet the fishermen and buy direct. He then taught her how to prepare and eat it. It’s been a Read more »
Colin ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins
Should you veer off the A35 towards North Chideock, leaving the main village of Chideock behind, you’ll meander down a tree-lined road, passing picture-perfect wheat fields, lampposts heralding an ancient church, slices of sky glimpsed through trees and pass a Read more »
Penny Callaghan
Inspiration, aspiration and hard work combined has helped to produce a local clothes shop that has just been awarded Best UK Online Boutique. No small feat for Penny Callaghan, owner of Colmers Hill Fashion, located in Symondsbury’s Manor Yard. It Read more »