Good Things Café takes its name from the classic cookery book written by Jane Grigson, whom I had the good fortune to know - and to cook for - when I worked with Colin White in Cricklade.

Good Things is our name, and it is also our ambition: our cooking takes the good food things of West Cork and brings them to our guests in what we hope is the simplest and most delicious form possible.

We take our inspiration from what is produced all around us, and we take our ideas from the great scholar-cooks of the past and present - Jane Grigson, Elizabeth David, Alan Davidson, George Perry-Smith.

Good Things Café has been awarded a Bib Gourmand award from the Michelin Guide 2008.