AS someone obsessed by the idea of catching impossibly large and beautiful salmon in impossibly large and beautiful rivers I have had to come to understand that the hoping and wishing may almost be as exciting as the arriving and doing. 

Michelin-starred restaurant Thornton’s, which is owned by celebrity chef Kevin Thornton, dipped further into the red last year.

The country’s top-rated restaurant “has come through the worst of the recession” after recording increased business last year and in the current year.

THE only bit of hot air you’ll find in Patrick Guilbaud’s kitchen comes from the extractor fans.