Deborah Ryan, one of the 2017 Young Chefs, reflects on her experience at the Symposium I first heard about the Oxford Symposium through my university lecturer, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, a trustee of the symposium. I had been looking to … Continue reading
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Harold McGee, a trustee of the Symposium, introduces the 2018 Young Chef Grant It’s time to spread the good word again: the Oxford Symposium invites young culinarians to apply for grants to participate in this year’s … Continue reading
Girish Nayak, one of the 2017 Young Chefs, reflects on his experience at the Symposium Please tell us about your career to date. I started baking when I was 18 years old in my college bakery and I wasn’t really … Continue reading
Naomi Kelsey, one of the 2016 Young Chefs, reflects on her experience at the Symposium My passion for food began at a young age: baking cakes with my mum and making fresh pasta with my dad and siblings; hanging fettuccine … Continue reading
From Keelin Tobin, recipient of the 2014 Friends of the Oxford Symposium Young Chef’s Grant: “The Oxford Symposium – ’tis a weekend not to be missed! It was a great honour for me to have been awarded the 2014 Young … Continue reading
Report on the Oxford Food Symposium 2017: by Josh Evans Though ‘Food and Landscape’ had been anticipated to be a popular theme, the response was overwhelming. Not only were 178 paper-proposals submitted for 42 available slots, but 40% of us … Continue reading
Report on the Oxford Symposium 2015: Food & Communication by Naomi Duguid I love the sense of anticipation in the room at the opening of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. Generous welcoming words from several of the Trustees … Continue reading
The 2010 Symposium started with welcome drinks in the college garden followed by the presentation by Raymond Blanc of the winners of the Young Chef’s Grant, all of whom were already hard at work on the preparations for a stupendous … Continue reading
This year’s Symposium opened with David Thompson’s Jane Grigson Memorial Lecture on ‘Thai Food, Stuffed, Wrapped and Beyond’, followed by a surprising tasting of Thai wines from Monsoon Valley Wines. Dinner, a splendid affair prepared by Rowley Leigh of Le … Continue reading
Donate to Become a Friend of the Oxford Symposium The Friends of the Oxford Symposium fund activities that enrich the Symposium’s intellectual purpose. Over the last few years symposiasts have donated £21,000 to the Friends. These funds have been spent on special … Continue reading