Jim & Rebecca Sykes

We're Jim and Bec Sykes, we live in Woodchurch in Kent, we got married just a few weeks ago and we love fire cooking. Our BBQ journey started 5 years ago in early 2019 when we went to a butchery and fire cooking class in Spitalfields market with Tom Griffiths from Flank and got introduced to the Big Green Egg (BGE). That led to us getting a BGE that summer and learning to cook over fire in a small garden in north London. Fast forward to today and a bit more space since moving to Kent for what is now a small(ish) and ever growing collection of BBQ's and smokers.

 

Over the last few years we've grown to appreciate and love the art of cooking over fire, from the quick and hot to the low and slow. WeÕve also grown to hugely value the need for amazing ingredients. We use local and seasonal produce as much as we can. A shepherdess supplies us with lamb which is raised at the end of our road, a fishmonger in Rye is our go-to for amazing fresh seafood and we have a fantastic local butcher for everything else. Bec is a keen gardener so we also have a huge herb bed that enhances every meal and we try and maximise in season vegetables like local asparagus.

 

We think we work perfectly as a team, Jim manages the fire cooking whilst Bec tends to plan the recipes and take care of side dishes and presentation (which together with photography would be a disaster if left to Jim!).

 

Entering this competition is us taking a chance and stepping up to share our love of fire cooking!