Yellow Door / Irish News

Over the past three weeks I have had the privilege of photographing some fantastic food for Yellow Door to be published in the Irish News Weekend section as part of a series of recipes they ran for Simon Dougan.

Spiced Sloe Whiskey with Honey [recipe]

Smoked Sweet Cure Moyallon Bacon Chop with Wild Mushroom Barley ‘Risotto’ [recipe]

Beetroot and Horseradish Relish [recipe]

Simon also asked me to style and shoot a picture of a cheeseboard showcasing Irish cheeses.  This is what I came up with [drooling as I type]!

All pictures styled and photographed by Geoff Telford Photography.

Recipes courtesy of Simon Dougan (Yellow Door Deli) as published by Irish News.

If you are a restaurant or any kind of “food establishment”, I would love to help you showcase your food.  Please contact me for more information.

Yellow Door Deli – Great Taste Awards

As well as photography, another of my passions is food.  I get great satisfaction is seeing local food establishments succeed in what they do best.

At the recent Great Taste Awards the Yellow Door Deli in Portadown entered 3 of their fantastic breads.

The results were fantastic:

• Ryefield Goats Cheese & Fire Roasted Pepper Focacio Bread
• Traditional Irish Wheaten
• Armagh Cider & Bramley Apple Soda.

Simon Dougan – Proprietor & Chef (L) and Gary Dougan – Sales Manager & Baker (R)

Yellow Door Gourmet

Good food is one of life’s pleasures.  In Northern Ireland we are blessed with fantastic local food.

The Yellow Door Deli is one of my favourite places to eat lunch on a Saturday (or any day for that matter) with Caroline and Poppy.  The passion that Simon Dougan has for his food is obvious in the depth of flavours that accompany each dish.

Over the past couple of years I have attended a number of cookery demonstrations hosted by Simon in the Deli.  I have picked up some great tips.  However, the pièce de résistance has to be the “Gourmet Evenings” that the Yellow Door host a couple of times a year.  This is where Simon and the other chefs really “go to town” on their creativity and culinary skills.

I had the privilege of spending an evening in the kitchen at the most recent Gourmet Evening to capture some of these culinary treasures.

Anyway, bibs at the ready!  Here goes!