Wednesday, April 9, 2014

The Elephant's Farm

The Elephant's Farm























A few weeks ago, me and my class were given the opportunity to visit the private farm of the Elephant; a Michelin starred (and the only one in it's area) restaurant in Torquay, Devon. After a 1 hour drive from our college we finally arrived.
We were greeted with the funny sign (pictured above) stating: 'CAUTION: Free range children and animals..' which I thought was quite funny so I just had to take a picture. I think every household with kids and pets should have one of these by the gates. 
We were then met with the owner and head chef himself Simon Hulstone who showed and told us more about the farm and how it contributes to his Michelin starred restaurant.

I have never actually been to an English farm so seeing where and how things are grown was quite interesting. There of course wasn't much produce just yet as planting season was just starting but we did get to see some of the microherbs, herbs and flowers in the high tunnels. 
The thing I was most in awe from the farm visit was seeing the herding dog herd the sheep from down the hill bringing them all up to where we were up top of the hill. The trainer/farmer was there to give sound commands to the dog and it was amazing to see how well trained the dog is knowing what each sound and even the words 'Stop' and 'Look Away' means, it's really amazing.

It was a very windy day too once we got to the hill with nothing but just grass and sea and more greenery farm in front of us. The sea was visible from the farm and it is really nearby as expected with Torquay being a seaside town. It was such a lovely view from the hill.

After the trip, we drove down to the main town to eat lunch at the the Elephant's brasserie restaurant and of course I took pictures, actually we all did since the food looked so delicious and of course tasted amazing even though it was just their brasserie. I shall post those and tell you more about it on the post.

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