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A Private Chef

About the Substack

Iā€™m a private chef for a small family on their organic farm, deep in rural England.
I make vinegar, forage, preserve, smoke and ferment and am guardian of two honeybee colonies.

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About Will Cooper

A Private Chef for a small family on their organic farm in rural England.

Words every week on Sundays (mostly).

Old skills, stories, smoke, preservation, ferments, beekeeping and a great love of the quiet around me.

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