November - A Quick Bite of Lancashire Food

Mike Rawlinson -  Red Cat restaurant Chorley and the Royal Oak at Riley Green.

Our featured foodie for November is Mike Rawlinson - Co owner and head of front of house operations for the highly acclaimed Red Cat restaurant in Chorley and the Royal Oak at Riley Green. Mike is also a talented "Ironman" (hence the picture below) who thinks nothing of cycling over a hundred miles, swimming a couple of miles and then running a marathon. The award winning Red Cat is in both the AA and Michelin guides this year and is also been nominated for Visit Lancashire and Lancashire Life awards again this year.

Just to keep Mike on his toes we have added a new question to our selection, so lets learn more about him.

• What is your favourite cookery or food book or publication ?

White Heat - Marco Pierre White

• What sentence sums up Lancashire Food to you ?

A bastion of local businesses

• If you weren’t doing what you do now, what would you like to be ?

A professional triathlete

• Which piece of kit could you not do without ?

My bike !

• Who would join you at your ultimate dinner party and why? 

Charles Bukowski for the endless wit.

• What advice would you give to your younger self ?

The end is nigh, get on with it!

• Describe your style in three words

Ambitious optimistic sceptic

• What was your latest foodie gadget purchase ?

Whatever the chef ordered (thats his brother !)

• What is your greatest achievement to date ?

My son

• What is the worst mistake you have made ?

None worth worrying about

• Tell us a secret about yourself ? may be something we wouldn't expect !

I really don’t like cookery programmes

• What would be your 3 course "last supper

"My wife's Thai soup, Heston's meat fruit and an enormous cheese board with a Remy Martin Louis Xiii