A day in the life – Salt House Tapas Liverpool
September 21st, 2011
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Tapas – how hard can it be?! – one year on at Salt House
July 22nd, 2011
Paddy Smith talks about a year in Tapas
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The new restaurateur
February 9th, 2011
I can still remember my first visit to a ‘proper restaurant.’ It was called the White House in the village I grew up in. A typical husband and wife place where we went to celebrate special occasions once or twice a year.
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The ghosts and girlfriends of Christmas past by Paddy Smith, owner Salt House Tapas, Liverpool
December 7th, 2010
I can still remember waking up in the early morning of Christmas day as a young boy and feeling the bulging sack of presents, the thrill, excitement and expectations of the day ahead. I guess all life is relevant and even though there wasn’t a lot of spare cash in the house being one of seven children I was always blown away by what I got which normally revolved around Liverpool Football Club.
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Shopfitting on a budget
October 26th, 2010
So, the deal was done, hands were shaken after months of preparation it was time to put the plan into action! Moving from chef to restaurateur was easy to say difficult to achieve.
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The rain, Spain and one December
September 28th, 2010
I can remember the day I decided to go out on my own and start my own business. It was a rainy December morning in 2008 and I was the group chef for a small, North West restaurant group. A selection of sample desserts came into one of the restaurants, we had always made our own up until that point, it wasn’t so much the fact that we were obviously going down the road of bought in desserts it was the fact that I hadn’t been told of the decision to do so. Read the rest of this entry »
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How it all started…
September 24th, 2010
I can remember the day I decided to go out on my own and start my own business. It was a rainy December morning in 2008… Read the rest of this entry »
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Match practice makes almost perfect
August 31st, 2010
Wine pairing is nothing new amongst restaurateurs, in fact it’s become a vital ingredient in the marketing armoury reports chef and restaurateur Patrick Smith of Salt House Tapas… Read the rest of this entry »
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