Colin Pressdee
Colin Pressdee is a food writer, broadcaster and consultant living in London.
Writing
Pressdee has written books dealing with Welsh cuisine, the Cuisine of Carmarthenshire and seafood, and through his writing he has shared his expertise and recipes.
His books include London Oyster Guide, Food Wales and Streetwise Cookery.
Restaurants
Pressdee ran two restaurants in Swansea: The Drangway ('Drangway' being a word from the Gower dialect), which was located near Wind Street and The Oyster Perches, which was located in the Uplands and was named after the perches on which oysters are farmed. Oyster farming was a local industry off the coast of Mumbles in Gower until the early twentieth century (see: Cuisine of Gower).
Shellfish
Pressdee has a particular interest in shellfish and has been a member of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain for over thirty years. He also promoted oysters in his own restaurants and presented programmes on oysters on the show Great Food Live on UKTV. In addition he has written articles on oysters for The Guardian [1] and many other publications.[2]
Books
- Streetwise Cookery (1992) ISBN 0951898817
- Welsh Coastal Cookery (1995) ISBN 0563371366
- Bwyta Allan Yng Nghymru (2004) ISBN 1904824021
- Food Wales: Where to Find, Taste and Buy the Best Local Foods in Wales (2005) ISBN 0954433467
- Taste from Carmarthenshire (2006) ISBN 0906821711
- Food Wales - a second helping (2008) ISBN 1905582153
- Food Wales Eating Out Guide (2009) ISBN 1905582110
- Food Wales Eating Out Guide (2011) ISBN 1905582471
- London Oyster Guide (2011) ISBN 1905582560