Professor Novelli’s laboratory
What does Jean-Christophe do when he’s not ..extravagantly wooing a Russian opera singer, promoting luxury tourism for British Airways, chucking Michael Winner out of his restaurant (ie standing up for chefs being abused by critics)…oh ..and cooking ? (And apart from training for a charity Triathlon on August 5 ?)
Yes, he’s opening an Academy of his very own, based at his home and in his garden, which is dedicated not only to eating deliciously and in harmony with the seasons and gardens of any size and situation, but also to the pleasure of eating outside – having also cooked it there first in an outdoor kitchen and having picked the ingredients immediately before that.
Forget dejeuner a l’herbe. Using this meticulously designed academy as a template, and the produce of his garden, the Professor will be giving practical instruction in how to achieve a new blend of horticultural and culinary delight : this is a synergy lifestyle at its most down to earth and its most bespoke – for petit dejeuner, dejeuner, le diner and tous les petits quelquechoses in between. From planting the first seeds to doing the washing up, the process will be in the hands of the maestro.
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In alliance with his Gastro Garden Company, this scoff-boffin will be creating ‘the edible garden’ , i.e. he will be transforming gardens of all kinds and sizes with any permutation of design , consultancy , cooking and dining equipment , landscaping , irrigation and maintenance and re-planting; and for all those multifarious palates and gardens (and even the most urban window sill or roof terrace can benefit) ,there is an apparent infinity of herbs, vegetables and fruit – all cultivated in his nurseries and all waiting to be incorporated into delicious recipes and served even on a rainy day (at the dream end of the market) – under an architectural canopy. Or in your urban kitchen.
You can choose a garden of any kind to suit your space and your palate – or if you want to experiment with unusual or specimen plants, the Professor and his Academicians will design a space that is tasteful to look at and more than nice enough to eat.
