Chef Liam Penn

Name: Chef Liam Penn
Address: Colchester, GB
Telephone: +447904975146
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Chef Liam Penn

Plant Based Fine Dining Chef

16/07/2026

Really excited to be back cooking A Trip to the Seaside for one weekend only at Pinkmans Cafe + Bakery in Stokes Croft.

This menu will see the return of the seagulls, allium magnums, sand, BBQs and doughnuts!

10/07/2026

Watercress Gazpacho with Horseradish Sorbet.

Inspired by Watership down, this is my version of Flayrah. Which is the rabbits’ word for their favourite food.

Watership down is still easily one of the most traumatic animations ever aired on television! 🐇

08/07/2026

I believe that there’s a story behind every dish, it’s just that most chefs forget to tell it.

That’s really what Edible Storytelling is for me.

Food surrounds us at every pivotal moment of our lives: our best days and our worst. It’s there on our first dates, last dates, weddings, funerals, christenings, Christmas, every family occasion, books and films.

I feel like food and stories are entwined. As a kid, I loved finding a book where you could taste the flavours coming right off the pages. And now I get to bring those stories to life through my tasting menus, I feel enormously lucky.

27/06/2026

A dish dedicated to Bella Lasagne.

Crisp Pasta, Bay Smoked Almond Ricotta, Tomato Gastrique, Rosemary

My favourite character Bella Lasagne (facetiously named) from Fireman Sam always felt a little mistreated. A proudly Welsh animation everyone in Pontypandy seemed to judge her for not cooking fish and chips, but really she was just trying to cook something different. Yes, she burnt the odd thing, sometimes the whole kitchen, but maybe Bella wasn’t the problem. Maybe the locals just weren’t ready for pasta!

16/06/2026

Dark Chocolate and Black Olive Délice, Coffee Caramel, Marmite Caramac

A dish from February where love and hate entwine.

Black olives and Marmite both may divide opinions but in dessert they find their place, especially paired alongside dark and white chocolate. Their salinity and umami create contrast and really compliment desserts.

Photography by Tom Hawkes

14/06/2026

A trip to the seaside

Tickets are now live for my latest weekend of dinners.
For two nights, I’ll be returning to a menu from my archives: an eight-course tasting menu inspired by memories of the seaside.

The menu includes roasted garlic ice cream, edible pebbles and scrumpy ice lollies, alongside a series of dishes exploring nostalgia, place and flavour.

I’ll be cooking the menu at Pinkmans in Stokes Croft, Bristol, on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th July.

Tickets are available through the link in my bio.

www.liam-penn.co.uk

04/06/2026

Leek and Asparagus Terrine, Sorrel Sauce, and Seaweed Caviar

A dish from my menu in February it's an ode to my time in France. I worked under a fiercely traditional French chef who seemed to despise almost everything about me the fact that I was English, vegetarian, and, perhaps worst of all, in his kitchen.

To be fair, he did not like many people. This was one of his signature dishes, and however many tried, no one could ever cook it quite the way he wanted.

Terrine de Poireaux, Caviar d’Algues, Aïoli, Sauce à l’Oseille

Photography by

25/05/2026

Due to popular demand!

I'm releasing tickets for one more night of Great British Animation

All other dates up till August are now sold out!

09/05/2026

Nearly Sold out till August!

The last few tables remain, for this year's rendition of Great British Animation. A 10 course nostalgic tasting menu!

www.liam-penn.co.uk

22/04/2026

Hit the Hay

Toasted Malt, Milk Crisp, Chamomile Panna Cotta, Lavender Crumb, Forced Rhubarb and Blood Orange.

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Colchester

Telephone

+447904975146

Website

http://www.liam-penn.co.uk/

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