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All About River Town...

  • Chris Burt
  • Oct 20, 2017
  • 2 min read

So this project started back in the day with a few disscussions with friends, colleagues & family after My return from Ireland, where i had been for a week doing a pop up restaurant with Finnebrogue Artisan, called the Rooftop Garden.

Suffice to say it inspired me beyond belief, using fantastic local produce, including Finnebrogue's amazing Oisin venison in My six course tasting menu, working with My amazing boss Joanna Discombe we took our guests on a journey around the world.

So after a big move from my 20 years at The Peach Tree & Momo-No-Ki to Shropshires Famous coaching inn The Mytton & Mermaid, i felt it was time we did something special, 'The Drawing Room'. and special it was, Kirstie & Myself put our heart & soul in to it & are very much looking forward to the next one.

But in the back of my mind lingered that the one off, off the cuff event, still needed to be addressed,

leading to the Resurrection of the 'River Town Project' again.

Not being a stranger to one off events, ie. festivals, demos, outside events & teaching at both Shrewsbury & Walsall colleges, we finally decided to grab the bull by the balls...

So River Town is reborn, with me as the Owner, Kirstie Lewis as Managing Director, Liam Tinsley as Head Chef, Stuart Carrington as Sous Chef & the fab James Philips as FOH Ops manager.

We shall be announcing dates shortly, we have lots of venues in the pipeline, so if your interested in a nine course taster menu with wine flights in a crazy environment, then the experience we will offer will be just right for you.

Keep your eyes peeled on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram

https://www.facebook.com/chefchrisburt1/

https://twitter.com/RiverTownsy

https://www.instagram.com/chefchrisburt/

i shall keep you posted...

& thanks for everyone for there continued support...

Chris & the River Town Team


 
 
 

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Liam Tinsley - Head Chef & Culinary Thief

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Head chef Liam J Tinsley is from a family of chefs so the outcome of his career was clear. With a love of food drink music and art it was obvious he had to become a chef. 12 years later after putting in the hours in some of Shropshire’s top restaurants including the peach tree, lion and pheasant and drapers Hall. Liam is now head chef of not only rivertown but the Mytton and Mermaid hotel also. He first paid job in a professional kitchen was with “Shropshire’s favourite chef” Chris burt at The Peach Tree restaurant. This was where he also met Stu Carrington and where the chef bug started after walking into the kitchen and blink 182 was booming out the speakers. He knew this was the right job for him. He has worked with Chris on and off since and now they have both joined back together at the mytton and mermaid. During his time as a chef Liam has had the pleasure of teaching at schools and at the Walsall college as well as the local shrewsbury college. He said “ teaching someone a skill like cooking is a life saving skill. Chuck some passion in there and you are on to a good path”

Stuart Carrington - Sous Chef

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Stuart started in the industry aged 15 in a pub kitchen and immediately loved it. He loved the buzz and camaraderie that a kitchen creates especially during a busy service. A love of fine food and drink was a theme that had always permeated the Carrington family anyway. He attended Plymouth university for his qualifications in Hotel and Catering Management. Once this was completed he entered the world of pub management, but after 12 months of this he just missed the kitchen too much and returned to it as a sous chef of a small restaurant in London. He spent 12 months there before returning to Shropshire (being a country boy at heart) where he was appointed head chef of a new restaurant in Shrewsbury.  It was whilst back in Shropshire that he met Chris and went to work for him at the Peach tree where he gained his love of asian food. He worked at the Peach tree for 7 years before moving to Shropshire's iconic Mytton and Mermaid hotel. That was in 2010 and he was reunited with Chris and Liam in 2017 when Chris was appointed executive chef. With 3 such passionate chefs in 1 kitchen exciting things were bound to happen, and they did both for the Mytton and for us - Rivertown was born!

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