While everyone else was busy making sourdough in lockdown, I was busy learning to ferment. I'd been pickling and making chutney for years, so fermentation seemed a logical next step.

What started out as a large Kilner jar of kimchi made for a friend who lived round the corner has now become The North Shop - a small artisanal food business selling kimchi to London’s best delicatessens and food shops.

Why The North Shop? The name of the house in Northumberland where my Dad was born, and a business started by a northerner in North London. All the Norths.

The ethos hasn’t changed from those days experimenting in the kitchen at home – the best quality possible, using the best ingredients, sourced locally and made with patience and care to produce food with flavour, character and provenance.

Richard