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Will Devlin

Will Devlin

Award-winning chef, farmer and founder of the Acre Group of restaurants in Kent and Sussex, including Michelin Green Star-holded The Small Holding and Birchwood.

Sep 2, 2026

23:50
that's thanks for that because i was trying to work it out is there a restaurant called acre that i'm missing yeah but that is incredible so how did the farming side come about you say you're a london boy and then medway not well known for its farming a bit further out maybe but uh
24:06
Well, it really came, I mean, I worked in a couple of different restaurants, sort of fine dining, hotels, gastropubs, a bit of everything.
24:15
And I was head chef in a place.
24:19
I was a partner in a business where I had chairs in the business, which is great.
24:22
And I was really getting super involved with that type of operation.
24:26
But something was missing for me around, like, we were a super busy restaurant business.
24:31
doing high volume covers and it was fast and furious but I felt that there was kind of became a bit less attention to actually where the food was coming from.
26:36
So how does that affect your cooking? Is it really you cooking very much with the seasons? And obviously this is a Get Seasonal podcast, but is there like, have you got a favourite season and a least favourite season? And how do you cope with the hunger gap, if you like?

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